Wisdom of Solomon

American

noun

a book of the Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon British

noun

a book of the Apocrypha, probably written about 50 _bc , addressed primarily to Jews who were under the influence of Hellenistic learning

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Why is the book of Proverbs in the Canon, and the book of the Wisdom of Solomon in the Apocrypha?

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In the "Wisdom of Solomon" we find the writer addressing God: ix. 1...

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Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.—Wisdom of Solomon, 18: 14: 17.

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But Thou sparest all, for they are Thine, O Lord, Thou Lover of Souls.—Wisdom of Solomon, xi, 26.

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The Sadducees, indeed, may have Hellenised on this subject, as did some of the Alexandrian Jews, represented by the Wisdom of Solomon.

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