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 3

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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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