Wisdom of Solomon

noun

Wisdom of Solomon

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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This worship of serpents, “void of reason,” condemned in the Wisdom of Solomon, probably survived even the Babylonish captivity.

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

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

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

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

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