Bible Question: Can someone explain why particular "Books of Wisdom" are canonical in some faiths and not others. |
Bible Answer: 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. |