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wisdom literature

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wisdom literature Collection of writings and sayings in the Hebrew Bible. In the Old Testament, it includes the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, and the Song of Solomon. From the Apocrypha, it includes the Books of Ecclesiasticus, and the Wisdom of Solomon.

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