The Wisdom of Solomon

10.1142/12211 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice A Golomb ◽  
Guang G Gong ◽  
Alfred W Hales
Keyword(s):  
Wisdom Of Solomon

Wisdom Literature of the Apocrypha and Related Compositions of the Second Temple Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 270-283
Author(s):  
John Kampen
Keyword(s):  
Second Temple ◽  
Wisdom Literature ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Ben Sira ◽  
Wisdom Of Solomon ◽  
Jewish Writers

By examining the approaches to wisdom evident in its literary production, it is possible to get a glimpse of the diversity of Second Temple Jewish viewpoints. The identification of one trajectory is an attempt to describe and evaluate certain trends that are apparent in the literature without being able to make the claim that such an attempt is exhaustive. On the basis of the evidence available in one specific trajectory, Ben Sira and Wisdom of Solomon make the closest correlations between wisdom and Torah. While not providing evidence that the Torah was valued primarily as a collection of Pentateuchal law, it is apparent why these two compositions were valued by Jewish writers for whom this became the case.

The Wisdom of Solomon

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Winston
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Single Author ◽  
Judaic Studies ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Wisdom Of Solomon ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Protestant Christians ◽  
Poetic Work ◽  
Biblical Thought

The Anchor Bible offers new, book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testarnents and Apocrypha, with commentary. This volume on The Wisdom of Solomon as been prepared by David Winston, Professor of Hellenistic and Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. The Wisdom of Solomon is a long and subtly poetic work placed in the mouth of “wise” King Solomon. It blends biblical thought and Middle Platonism. David Winston thoroughly analyzes the book, presenting the philosophical situation clearly and putting forth evidence to suggest that the work was written later than is commonly supposed, during the reign of Caligula (A.D. 37-41), and by a single author. Because of its exclusion from the canon of scripture used by Jews and Protestant Christians, The Wisdom of Solomon has been neglected by biblical scholars in general. Dr. Winston's commentary is the first to thoroughly cover both previous research and recent developments such as the Qumran scrolls, papyrus discoveries in Egypt, and new knowledge of ancient Iranian religion. It is a major contribution to the study of the apocryphal literature of the Bible.

The Apocrypha and Apocalypticism

2021 ◽  
pp. 218-252
Author(s):  
Lorenzo DiTommaso
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
First Century ◽  
Ben Sira ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Wisdom Of Solomon

AbstractThe apocalyptic revolution in Judaism in the period from Antiochus to Pompey left virtually no impression in the Apocryphal writings of that time. The corpus is devoid of apocalyptic texts, and no part of any Apocryphal writing is apocalyptic, despite claims to the contrary. Using the apocalyptic worldview as a diagnostic tool, this chapter examines the lack of apocalyptic speculation in the Apocryphal writings, with attention to the Additions to Esther A and F, 2 Maccabees, and Ben Sira. It then discusses the Wisdom of Solomon and 4 Ezra (2 Esdras 3-14), which were composed in the first century ce and are clearly apocalyptic. It concludes with observations on the Apocryphal writings in view of the Deuteronomic and apocalyptic worldviews, and questions on their social settings.

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