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  2. Ecclesiastes - Wikipedia

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    According to rabbinic tradition the book was written by King Solomon (reigned c. 970–931 BCE) in his old age, [2] but the presence of Persian loanwords and Aramaisms points to a date no earlier than about 450 BCE, [3] while the latest possible date for its composition is 180 BCE. [4]

  3. Solomon - Wikipedia

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    Solomon (/ ˈ s ɒ l ə m ə n /), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. [4] [5] The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under an amalgamated Israel and Judah.

  4. Development of the New Testament canon - Wikipedia

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    The canon of the New Testament is the set of books many modern Christians regard as divinely inspired and constituting the New Testament of the Christian Bible.For most churches, the canon is an agreed-upon list of 27 books [1] that includes the canonical Gospels, Acts, letters attributed to various apostles, and Revelation.

  5. Testament of Solomon - Wikipedia

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    The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based on precedents dating back to the early 1st millennium AD, but was likely not completed in any meaningful textual sense until sometime in the Middle Ages.

  6. Odes of Solomon - Wikipedia

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    The Odes have clear similarities to the Gospel of John, which suggests the writer was in the same community as where the book was written. [ 7 ] There is wide agreement that the Odes are related to the Gospel of John and the Dead Sea scrolls, thus Charlesworth concludes that the writer was an Essene convert to the Johannine community.

  7. Book of Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon, is a book written in Greek and most likely composed in Alexandria, Egypt. It is not part of the Hebrew Bible but is included in the Septuagint . Generally dated to the mid-first century BC , [ 1 ] or to the reign of Caligula (AD 37-41), [ 2 ] the central theme of the work is " wisdom " itself ...

  8. Acts of Solomon - Wikipedia

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    The [Book of the] Acts of Solomon (Hebrew: ספר דברי שלמה, romanized: sêp̄er diḇrê Šəlōmōh) is a lost text referred to in 1 Kings 11:41, which reads: And the rest of the acts of Solomon , and all that he did, and his wisdom , are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  9. Authorship of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The first division of the Jewish Bible is the Torah, meaning ' Instruction ' or ' Law '. In scholarly literature, it is frequently called by its Greek name, the Pentateuch (' five scrolls '). It is the group of five books made up of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy and stands first in all versions of the Christian Old Testament.