Apocrypha
The Wisdom of Solomon
19 chapters, titled "Wisdom" in the source edition
About this book
A reflective work on wisdom, righteousness and mortality. It contrasts the fate of the righteous with that of the wicked, praises wisdom in personified terms, and reviews episodes of Israel's history as illustrations.
Why read this
It is a substantial example of Jewish wisdom writing from a period when Jewish and Greek thought were in close contact, and it addresses questions about death, justice and meaning that readers still bring to Scripture.