2007-07-30 06:33:35 · 4 answers · asked by hossteacher 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've never heard of the Book of Wisdom. Care to elaborate?
2007-07-30 06:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the Canticle of Canticles and Ecclesiastics. The oldest headings ascribe the book to Solomon, the representative of Hebrew wisdom. In the Syriac translation, the title is: "the Book of the Great Wisdom of Solomon"; and in the Old Latin Version, the heading reads: "Sapientia Salomonis". The earliest Greek manuscripts -- the Vaticanus, the Sinaiticus, the Alexandrinus -- have a similar inscription, and the Eastern and the Western Fathers of the first three centuries generally speak of "the Wisdom of Solomon" when quoting that inspired writing, although some of them use in this connection such honorific designations as he theia Sophia (the Divine Wisdom), Panaretos Sophia (All Virtuous Wisdom). In the Vulgate, the title is: "Liber Sapientiae", "the Book of Wisdom". In non-Catholic Versions, the ordinary heading is: "the Wisdom of Solomon", in contradistinction to Ecclesiastics, which is usually entitled: "the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach". hope this helps
2007-07-30 13:50:10 · answer #2 · answered by flannelpajamas1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this a trick question?
2007-07-30 13:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the bible is about the truth :)
2007-08-03 10:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by holly B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋