"wisdom literature" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
has:
- book of proverbs, proverbs - an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
- book of ecclesiastes, ecclesiastes - an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC
- canticle of canticles, canticles, song of solomon, song of songs - an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
- ben sira, ecclesiasticus, sirach, wisdom of jesus the son of sirach - an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
- wisdom, wisdom of solomon - an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
same as: sapiential book, wisdom book