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1 | Books of Wisdom | Bible general | John C | 242842 | ||
Can someone explain why particular "Books of Wisdom" are canonical in some faiths and not others. | ||||||
2 | Books of Wisdom | Bible general | EdB | 242843 | ||
JohnC your question is a little hard to answer as stated. There is a book called the Book of Wisdom Or The Wisdom of Solomon. And there are books that are grouped as books of Wisdom in the Bible being the Books Of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song or Songs (Song of Solomon). Then there is a set of books commonly called the Apocrypha. These are books included in Septuagint but viewed as non inspired books. There is also a set of books called the Deuterocanonical books which include many of the books of the Apocrypha and add a few that are held to by the Catholic and Russian Orthodox church. The problem with the Book of Wisdom Or Wisdom of Solomon is one of authorship. It suggests it was written by David's son Solomon but is thought to have been written much later than he lived. Discussions on Apocryphal and Deuterocanonical books has occurred many times on this forum so do a search for those two keywords to get more info. Most books that did not make the canon for the Bible were books that did not exist when the canon was formed, had questionable authorship, were not included in the Old Testament, or had known contradictions of teaching. There are many books now on the market that claim to be this book or that book but many appear to be fakes written long after the time they claim, written by unknown men, or deny the deity of God. I hope this helps. If you are talking about one book or one particular group of books identify the book or particular group and we can discuss this further. |
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3 | Thanks EdB | Bible general | John C | 242844 | ||
Thank you EdB for taking the time to answer. As you state it, they would be the books called the Apocrypha I had in mind, not being sure of the correct terminology to use. Also now I would include the Deuterocanonical books not having known they too exist. I did search, but I believe under "Books of Wisdom". I found some information, but not much. I will try again under the more exact terminology. You wouldn't know of a good short book I can get on this subject? |
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4 | Thanks EdB | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 242845 | ||
Hi, John... Ed may continue to interact with you, and I welcome him to do so. However, there is a convention we've adopted in the forum to only mark as questions those that begin a thread. If you ask someone directly, then mark it as a note. They will be notified, regardless. This also keeps the main forum page clear for new questions. Here is a helpful source: https://www.monergism.com/ Type in your search words. There are many articles and lectures available. You might want to use the search word canon, apocrypha, etc. These books you're talking about are certainly odd in many respects. I've read through them, as Ed has probably done, too. For those of us from a Reformed background: we actually have the following explicit statement in our confessions: "The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the Canon of Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings." In other words, to us, these books are not to be depended on... for a "rule of saving knowledge, faith, and obedience." In Him, Doc |
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