Wisdom of Solomon

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noun

1. a book of the Apocrypha.

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Wisdom of Solomon British  

noun

1. 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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Wisdom of Solomon

The earliest trace of such an interpretation is in the Wisdom of Solomon, an anonymous and apocryphal book composed probably a thousand years later.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

The tradition of his great eminence in scientific research is also preserved in the words put into his mouth in the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon, now included in the Apocrypha.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder

But the more philosophical conception appears likewise in the Wisdom of Solomon.

From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Norman Bentwich

It contains the Old and New Testaments, complete, besides the books of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, the books of Judith, Baruch, and Tobit.

From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin

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

From Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Kirsopp Lake

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