Wisdom literature

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The class of ancient Hebrew writings which deal reflectivelywith general ethical and religious topics, as distinguished from theprophetic and liturgical literature, and from the law. It iscomprised chiefly in the books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiasticus,Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom of Solomon. The wisdom (Hokhmah) of thesewritings consists in detached sage utterances on concrete issues oflife, without the effort at philosophical system that appeared in thelater Hellenistic reflective writing beginning with Philo Judæus.