Wisdom of Solomon
A Catholic deuterocanonical book not found in Protestant Bibles. Wisdom praises the gift of divine wisdom, defends belief in the afterlife, and reflects on God's action in Israel's history. It contains the earliest clear Old Testament teaching on the immortality of the soul.
Author: Unknown (attributed to Solomon) · Written: c. 100-50 BC
🎯Key Themes
⭐Famous Verses
Wisdom 3:1-3
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; but they are in peace.”
Wisdom 11:23
“But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook sins for the sake of repentance.”
📝Summary & Overview
Wisdom is structured in three parts: the reward of wisdom and the fate of the just vs. the wicked (1-5), a hymn to wisdom personified as a divine attribute (6-9), and a meditation on God's actions in the Exodus (10-19). This book is significant because it bridges Old Testament thought and the New Testament, expressing belief in the immortality of the soul and God's universal mercy. It is read frequently in Catholic funeral liturgies.
📚Book Details
Author
Unknown (attributed to Solomon)
Written
c. 100-50 BC
Testament
Old Testament
Category
Wisdom & Poetry
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