The Bible does not shy away from these stories. It doesn’t sanitize the failures of its heroes but records them as profound ...

which includes all of seven so-called "wisdom books": Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Wisdom, and Sirach. "For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence ...

Some scholars have suggested that the Song of Songs should be understood as a book in the wisdom tradition of Solomon, rather than authored by him. The book’s plot is a love relationship between ...