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Image from "Book of Wisdom" of Francysk Skaryna 1518. The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon, is a book written in Greek and most likely composed in Alexandria, Egypt. It is not part of the Hebrew Bible but is included in the Septuagint.
Wisdom, Book OF, one of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the Canticle of Canticles and Ecclesiasticus. TITLE.—The oldest headings ascribe the book to Solomon, the representative of Hebrew wisdom.
The Book of Wisdom was written about fifty years before the coming of Christ. Its author, whose name is not known to us, was probably a member of the Jewish community at Alexandria, in Egypt. He wrote in Greek, in a style patterned on that of Hebrew verse.
The Book of Wisdom was written about fifty years before the coming of Christ. Its author, whose name is not known to us, was probably a member of the Jewish community at Alexandria, in Egypt. He wrote in Greek, in a style patterned on that of Hebrew verse.
It is part of the Catholic and Orthodox Biblical canon, put forward by the Council of Carthage in 397 and confirmed by Catholic leaders at the Council of Trent in 1546. It was written by a Jew in Ancient Egypt in the 1st century BC and talks about wisdom among other themes.
The inspired writer wrote the entire book in Greek, including the first five chapters, which were once taken to have been originally in Hebrew. This is demonstrated by the language used, which is elegant and cultured, by its thematic unity, and even by its consistency of style.
The Book Wisdom does not name its author. The Septuagint titled the book, "The Wisdom of Solomon," but early Latin editions labelled it the "Book of Wisdom." The book was originally written...