wisdom literature

Questions about wisdom literature

What does wisdom literature mean?

wisdom literature means "any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom".

What is another word for wisdom literature?

Close synonyms include sapiential book, wisdom book. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wisdom literature a common word?

wisdom literature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.