WISDOM OF SOLOMON

WISDOM OF SOLOMON
   one of the most beautiful books in the Apocrypha, written at the close of the 2nd century B.C. by one who knew both the Greek language and Greek philosophy, to commend the superiority to this philosophy of the divine wisdom revealed to the Jews. Its general aim, as has been said, is "to show, alike from philosophy and history, as against the materialists of the time, that the proper goal of life was not mere existence, however long, or pleasure of any sort, but something nobly intellectual and moral, and that the pious Israelite was on the surest path to its attainment."

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wisdom of Solomon — or Wisdom n. a book of the Apocrypha: abbrev. Wis, Wisd of Sol, or WS …   English World dictionary

  • Wisdom of Solomon — A Greek book composed in Alexandria in the latter part of the 1st cent. BCE or the early part of the 1st cent. CE. It contains a warning to the wicked of a future judgement [[➝ Judgement]] and an affirmation of the doctrine of immortality; it… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • Wisdom of Solomon — noun an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC • Syn: ↑Wisdom • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑sapiential book, ↑wisdom book, ↑w …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wisdom of Solomon — noun The book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh, also known as Wisdom …   Wiktionary

  • Wisdom of Solomon — noun a book included in the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible, dealing with the subject of wisdom and its relation to righteousness …  

  • Wisdom of Solomon — Date: 1779 a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha see bible table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Wisdom of Solomon — a book of the Apocrypha. * * * …   Universalium

  • wisdom of Solomon — wit, extreme intelligence, cleverness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Wisdom of Solomon — Wis′dom of Sol′omon n. bib a book of the Apocrypha …   From formal English to slang

  • SOLOMON — (Heb. שְׁלֹמֹה; tenth century B.C.E.), son of david , king of Israel. Born of Bath Sheba, Solomon was so named by David (II Sam. 12:24; according to the keri, Targ. Jon., and according to the Pesh., by his mother), while Nathan called him… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”