Wisdom

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biblical book book of the Old Testament deuterocanonical book sapiential book

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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Label	Occurrences
Wisdom canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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	Orthodox churches ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
closelyRelatedTo	Book of Proverbs ⓘ Book of Sirach ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Book of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Wisdom of Solomon
influenced	Christian doctrines of afterlife ⓘ early Christian theology of wisdom ⓘ
influencedBy	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Jewish sapiential traditions ⓘ
languageOfWork	Greek ⓘ
notExtantIn	Hebrew original ⓘ
notPartOf	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Jewish Tanakh Protestant Old Testament canon ⓘ
partOf	Roman Catholic biblical canon ⓘ surface form: Catholic Old Testament canon Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Old Testament canon
placeOfComposition	Alexandria ⓘ
pseudonymousAttribution	King Solomon ⓘ surface form: 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	King Solomon ⓘ surface form: Solomon
usedIn	Christian liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Wisdom ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Wisdom ⓘ

O Come O Come Emmanuel → invocationOfTitleOfChrist → Wisdom ⓘ

subject surface form: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel