What is the Book of Wisdom?
I never had any urge to ask those “philosophical” questions, like what is the meaning of life, why are we here, etc...
The people always talking about that stuff and going on about it never made much sense but sure liked to talk.
I also think people who ask those questions aren’t really asking that and aren’t really trying to know that.
The OT Book of Wisdom was written about a hundred years before the coming of Christ. Its author, whose name is not known to us, was a member of the Jewish community at Alexandria, in Egypt. He wrote in Greek, in a style patterned on that of Hebrew verse. At times he speaks in the person of Solomon, placing his teachings on the lips of the wise king of Hebrew tradition in order to emphasize their value. His profound knowledge of the earlier Old Testament writings is reflected in almost every line of the book, and marks him, like Ben Sira, as an outstanding representative of religious devotion and learning among the sages of postexilic Judaism.
The Book of Wisdom is part of the Canon of Scripture. Is this not in your Bible?