Wisdom

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Wisdom is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Solomon, that reflects on divine wisdom, justice, and the destiny of the righteous.

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Wisdom canonical 4

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instanceOf biblical book ⓘ
book of the Old Testament ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
sapiential book ⓘ
approximateDate 1st century BCE ⓘ
late 2nd century BCE to early 1st century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Septuagint ⓘ
canonicalIn Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Orthodox churches

Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
closelyRelatedTo Book of Proverbs ⓘ
Sirach ⓘ
linked to: Book of Sirach
contains prayer of Solomon for wisdom ⓘ
dividedInto 19 chapters ⓘ
emphasizes contrast between righteous and wicked ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
wisdom as God’s gift ⓘ
genre wisdom literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus deuterocanonical ⓘ
hasTitle Book of Wisdom ⓘ
Wisdom of Solomon ⓘ
linked to: Book of Wisdom
influenced Christian doctrines of afterlife ⓘ
early Christian theology of wisdom ⓘ
influencedBy Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish sapiential traditions ⓘ
languageOfWork Greek ⓘ
notExtantIn Hebrew original ⓘ
notPartOf Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Protestant Old Testament canon ⓘ
partOf Catholic Old Testament canon ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Old Testament canon ⓘ
placeOfComposition Alexandria ⓘ
pseudonymousAttribution Solomon ⓘ
linked to: King Solomon
statusInProtestantism apocryphal ⓘ
structurePart exhortations to righteousness and wisdom (chs. 1–5) ⓘ
praise and nature of Wisdom (chs. 6–9) ⓘ
reflection on Israel’s history and idolatry (chs. 10–19) ⓘ
subject destiny of the righteous ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
divine wisdom ⓘ
fate of the wicked ⓘ
idolatry ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
providence of God ⓘ
theology affirmation of God’s justice ⓘ
emphasis on retribution after death ⓘ
high view of personified Wisdom ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Solomon ⓘ
linked to: King Solomon
usedIn Christian liturgy ⓘ

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