Wisdom of Solomon

Wisdom of Solomon

n. Abbr. WS or Wis.

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Wisdom of Solomon

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(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) 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 - an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC Wisdom Apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom