tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5633154583426092726..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: "The Wisdom of Solomon"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-50391283696804246372013-03-17T22:51:39.180-04:002013-03-17T22:51:39.180-04:00I know this is an old posting, but i came across l...I know this is an old posting, but i came across looking for info on this book, and thought it would be a good place to provide some info (from a Catholic source.)<br /><br />...it is impossible that the work was composed by Solomon , largely because the Hellenistic thought and culture that permeate it are grossly an achronistic for Palestine of the early first millennium B. C. In fact, Solomonic authorship was doubted even in premodern times. Thus, the Wisdom of Solomon is clearly a pseudepigraphica l work, with the author trying to gain authority for his sapiential composition by attributing it to the traditionally wise King Solomon. As a result, I shall follow the lead of most scholars and henceforth refer to the author as Pseudo-Solomon. Although it is impossible to be certain of Pseudo-Solomon's identity, he was most likely a Hellenized Jew who composed his sapiential work in Greek. the majority of scholars now believe that the entire book was originally composed in Greek...<br /><br />In modern critical study of the Wisdom of Solomon, there has been a great range for the dating of the book, from the late third century B. C. to the middle of the first century A.D. However, recent scholarship has narrowed the terminus a quo for composition to the late first century B.C, around the time of the Roman conquest of Egypt under Octavian (later called Augustus). <br /><br />Some scholars have pointed out that there are many words in the Wisdom of Solomon which indicate that the book was composed in the ea rly Roman era. For example, David Winston presents a list of 35 terms in the book that are not extant in Greek literature before the Imperial period [first century A.D.], and C. Larcher presents a similar, albeit shorter (24 words), list with some variations. ...significant evidence that the Wisdom of Solomon was probably not written before Augustus's reign. <br /><br />Against this Augustan dating are a large group of s cholars who believe that the Wisdom of Solomon was most likely composed during t he reign of the Roman emperor Gaius Caesar (A.D. 37-41), better known as Caligula. <br /><br />Given the aforementioned linguistic and historical evidence, the Wisdom of Solomon may be dated to the early Imperial period. The cumulative evidence from the book's vocabulary shows that it was probably not written before the Augustan age. While the arguments adduced by those who believe that the book was most likely composed during Caligula's reign are possible, they remain inconclu sive. Therefore, I see no reason to limit the book's composition to such a precise dating without additional evidence. In the end, I believe that the book was most likely composed some time during or between the reigns of Augustus and Caligula (probably before the letter i ssued by Claudius in A . D . 41). 69 However, even this range of dating cannot be known with certainty. Andrew T. Glicksman, Wisdom of Solomon 10: A Jewish Hellenistic Reinterp retation of Early Israelite History through Sapiential Lenses, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA 2010 pp. 8,13,18,22,23,27,31; http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/bitstream/handle/1961/9192/Glicksman_cua_0043A_10055display.pdf?sequence=1 <br /><br />If it was written before the Lord's death (33-34 AD), Wisdom 3:12-22 would be a significant prophecy, yet the evidence almost conclusively makes it a pseudo-graphical works, if falsely attributed to Solomon.<br /><br />And it seems inconceivable that none of the NT refers to it, though some see Matthew's structuring patterned after it, while it much parallels Is. 53, and v. 18 is similar to Ps 22:8 which Mt 27:43 best corresponds to. <br /><br />It is also true that a part a book that expresses truth does not make the whole of it inspired of God and true, as Jude's reference to the book of Enoch shows (and even a demon testified in favor of an apostle: Acts 16:17) But by their fruits ye shall know them. PeaceByJesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754948549904895669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-63907302997317868822008-02-07T21:33:00.000-05:002008-02-07T21:33:00.000-05:00"Oh, dear! And here I was led to believe that the ...<I>"Oh, dear! And here I was led to believe that the Orthodox church is a beachhead of religious certainty amidst the shifting sands of Protestant scholarship. I’m so disillusioned."</I><BR/><BR/>This is truly hysterical - I can't stop laughing.EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649331234241764065noreply@blogger.com