Book of Wisdom

Wisdom is one of the books of the Bible that is not a translation of a Hebrew original. Also known as the Wisdom of Solomon, its language, and ideas alike, are entirely of Greek origin. For this reason it is considered the most classical Greek in the Septuagint.

It is considered to be a possible source for the gospel of Matthew. Parallels between Wisdom and Matthew include the theme of testing and mocking of a servant of God’s claim to be protected by God. For Matthew, the suffering servant of God is Jesus. For example, Matthew 27:43 (which is connected to Jesus, and which is uniquely Matthian material with no paralles in other gospels) is very similar in language and theme to Wisdom 2:13, which seems to be alluding to the suffering servant of Psalm 22:8.

Matthew 27:43 “He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "

Wisdom 2:13 “He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord…” 17 “Let us see if his words be true…” 18 “For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him.”

Psalm 22:8 "He trusts in the LORD ; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

External links

• The Book of Wisdom Full text from http://St-Takla.org (also avaiable in Arabic)