Wisdom of Solomon; Book of Wisdom

Japanese: ソロモンの知恵 - ソロモンのちえ（英語表記）Wisdom of Solomon; Book of Wisdom

It is one of the Apocrypha of the Old Testament. Along with Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, it forms the so-called "wisdom literature." It consists of 19 chapters, divided into two or three parts based on its content. Generally, chapters 1 to 5 are end times books that deal with the fates of the righteous and the wicked. Chapters 6 to 9 are about God's wisdom and hymns to it. Chapters 10 to 19 are about God's wisdom in the history of Israel and prohibition of idolatry. Overall, it has a strong apocalyptic literary element. Traditionally, it is said to have been written by Solomon, but it is believed to have actually been written by a Jew in the Diaspora who was influenced by Greek philosophy around the 1st century BC. Judaism and Protestantism do not recognize it as canonical and count it as one of the Apocrypha, but Catholicism declared the Vulgate canonical under the name of the Book of Wisdom at the Council of Trent (1545-63).

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Japanese:

旧約聖書外典の一つ。『ヨブ記』『箴言』『伝道の書』とともに，いわゆる「知恵文学」を形成。 19章から成り，内容から2つないしは3つの部分に分けられる。一般的には，1～5章が義人と悪人の運命を取扱う終末の書。6～9章が神の知恵についてとその賛歌。 10～19章はイスラエルの歴史における神の知恵の回顧と偶像礼拝の禁止などがその内容。全体として黙示文学的要素が強い。伝承的にはソロモンの作とされるが，実際には前1世紀頃ギリシア哲学の影響を受けたディアスポラのユダヤ人の一人が書いたと思われる。ユダヤ教，プロテスタントは正典とは認めず，外典の一つに数えるが，カトリックはトリエント公会議 (1545～63) で，そのウルガタ訳を知書の名で正典と宣言した。

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