Wisdom of Solomon

Deuterocanonical · Poetic Books · 19 chapters

Wisdom personified as a gift of God, with reflections on justice, the destiny of the righteous and God’s care in Israel’s history.

Context

Genre

Wisdom discourse

Authorship

Presented under the name of SolomonWritten in Greek, centuries after Solomon.

Date

c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Setting

Alexandria, probably

Original language

Greek

In the original

σοφίαsophia — wisdom

Related texts

Proverbs 8 · wisdom personifiedEcclesiasticus 24 · wisdom dwelling in Israel

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