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Wisdom literature   /wˈɪzdəm lˈɪtərətʃər/   Listen
Wisdom literature

noun
1.
Any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom.  Synonyms: sapiential book, wisdom book.





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... accepted the situation. Still inspired by the instinct which nine hundred years before had made their prophets fight against syncretism, the Jews resolutely refused to come to terms with heathen religions. Some, indeed, accepted the Greek philosophy, as the writings of Philo and the Wisdom Literature show; but with the cults or with the mythology of the heathen no compromise ...
— Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity • Kirsopp Lake


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