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2. Wisdom literature - Wikipedia

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   The most famous examples of wisdom literature in the western world are found in the Bible. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Wisdom [ a ] is a central topic in the Sapiential Books , [ b ] i.e., Proverbs , Psalms , Job , Song of Songs , Ecclesiastes , Book of Wisdom , Wisdom of Sirach , and to some extent Baruch .

3. 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 ...

4. Wisdom (personification) - Wikipedia

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   A less clear personification of Wisdom is also found in the Cave 11 Psalm Scroll. [1] Wisdom literature is a genre of literature common in the ancient Near East. This genre is characterized by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about divinity and about virtue. The key principle of wisdom literature is that while techniques of traditional story ...

5. Ecclesiastes - Wikipedia

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   Ecclesiastes (/ ɪ ˌ k l iː z i ˈ æ s t iː z / ih-KLEE-zee-ASS-teez; Biblical Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, romanized: Qōheleṯ, Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής, romanized: Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament.

6. Poetic Books - Wikipedia

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   The Poetic Books, also called the Sapiential Books, are a division of the Christian Bible grouping 5 or 7 books (depending on the canon) in the Old Testament. [1] The term "Sapiential Books" refers to the same set, although not all the Psalms are usually regarded as belonging to the Wisdom tradition.

7. Biblical genre - Wikipedia

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   A Biblical genre is a classification of Bible literature according to literary genre. [1] The genre of a particular Bible passage is ordinarily identified by analysis of its general writing style, tone, form, structure, literary technique, content, design, and related linguistic factors; texts that exhibit a common set of literary features (very often in keeping with the writing styles of the ...

8. Proverbs 3 - Wikipedia

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   Proverbs 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of several wisdom literature collections, with the heading in 1:1 may be intended to regard Solomon as the traditional author of the whole book, but the dates of the individual collections are difficult to determine, and the book probably ...

9. Biblical cosmology - Wikipedia

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   The post-Exilic writers of the Wisdom tradition (e.g. the Book of Proverbs, Song of Songs, etc.) develop the idea that Wisdom, later identified with Torah, existed before creation and was used by God to create the universe: [4] "Present from the beginning, Wisdom assumes the role of master builder while God establishes the heavens, restricts ...