Guide for Test on Wisdom Literature

Sources

Sirach (Ben Sira and his grandson)

Philo

Wisdom of Solomon

Terms and Concepts

Afterlife

Alexandria, Egypt

Allegorical biblical interpretation

Arian vs. Nicene

Attitudes toward gentiles

Attitudes toward status quo

Begotten vs. Created

Biblical interpretation

Body-soul dualism, immortality of the soul

Canon consciousness

Chastisement vs. condemnation

Double path

Empiricism vs. hidden wisdom

Eschatology

Eternality / eternally begotten

Feminism and Gender Constructs

Honor and shame

Instrument of creation

Natural law

Personification of wisdom

Platonism and Epicureanism

Reputation

Revealed vs. studied wisdom

Social location

TaNaKh, tri‐partite canon

Theodicy

Universalism vs. particularism