A priest named St. Melito , who lived in the second century AD , said that the book was considered canonical by Jews and Christians , and that Naá manides was able to translate the book into Hebrew when he wrote the Pentateuch . According to St. Melito in the 2nd century AD , it was considered canonical by Jews and Christians , and a Hebrew translation of the Wisdom of Solomon is mentioned by Naá manides in the preface to his commentary on the Pentateuch .