<P> The Wisdom of Solomon or Book of Wisdom is a Jewish work composed in Alexandria ( Egypt ) around the 1st century CE , with the aim of bolstering the faith of the Jewish community in a hostile Greek world . It is one of the seven Sapiential or wisdom books included within the Septuagint , along with Psalms , Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , Song of Songs ( Song of Solomon ) , Job , and Sirach , and is included in the canon of Deuterocanonical books by the Roman Catholic Church and the anagignoskomenona ( Gr . ἀναγιγνωσκόμενον , meaning `` that which is to be read '' ) of the Eastern Orthodox Church . </P>
<P> The Wisdom of Solomon or Book of Wisdom is a Jewish work composed in Alexandria ( Egypt ) around the 1st century CE , with the aim of bolstering the faith of the Jewish community in a hostile Greek world . It is one of the seven Sapiential or wisdom books included within the Septuagint , along with Psalms , Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , Song of Songs ( Song of Solomon ) , Job , and Sirach , and is included in the canon of Deuterocanonical books by the Roman Catholic Church and the anagignoskomenona ( Gr . ἀναγιγνωσκόμενον , meaning `` that which is to be read '' ) of the Eastern Orthodox Church . </P>
where did the book of wisdom come from
where did the book of wisdom come from
Alexandria ( Egypt ) around the 1st century CE
Alexandria ( Egypt ) around the 1st century CE