Wisdom of Solomon

American  

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 Alger, William Rounseville

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

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

So, too, the Apocrypha puts it in the Wisdom of Solomon:   Wisdom is radiant….

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

He adds that there are other books not canonical, but ecclesiastical—the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Tobit, Judith, and the books of the Maccabees.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

The noblest literary product of the Jews of the dispersion was the apocryphal book known as the Wisdom of Solomon.

From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Kent, Charles Foster