Book of Wisdom

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Old Testament book deuterocanonical biblical book poetic religious text wisdom literature

The Book of Wisdom is a deuterocanonical biblical text that offers poetic reflections on divine wisdom, righteousness, and the fate of the just and unjust.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wisdom of Solomon	12
Book of Wisdom canonical	2
The Book of Wisdom	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Testament book ⓘ deuterocanonical biblical book ⓘ poetic religious text ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
attributedTo	King Solomon ⓘ
canonicalStatus	deuterocanonical ⓘ
emphasizes	faithfulness to God ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ punishment of the unjust ⓘ reward of the just ⓘ
estimatedDate	1st century BCE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ
genre	wisdom literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Wisdom Literature ⓘ surface form: Wisdom Book of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Wisdom of Solomon
includedIn	Septuagint ⓘ
influenced	Christian theology of wisdom ⓘ New Testament authors ⓘ doctrines of the afterlife ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	didactic exhortation ⓘ poetic discourse ⓘ
notPartOf	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible canon most Protestant biblical canons ⓘ
partOf	Catholic biblical canon ⓘ Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
periodOfComposition	Hellenistic period ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Egypt ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scholarlyAuthorship	anonymous Hellenistic Jewish author ⓘ
section	exhortation to righteousness and reflection on death ⓘ praise of wisdom and its role in history ⓘ reflection on Israel’s history and the Exodus ⓘ
structure	three main sections ⓘ
targetAudience	Hellenistic Jews ⓘ persecuted righteous ⓘ
theme	creation and providence ⓘ divine wisdom ⓘ exodus traditions ⓘ fate of the wicked ⓘ idolatry and its folly ⓘ immortality of the righteous ⓘ justice of God ⓘ righteousness ⓘ
usedIn	Catholic liturgy ⓘ Eastern Orthodox liturgy ⓘ