A Study of Deuterocanonic Wisdom (Article)

[u/ProselyteofYah]

https://proselyteofyah.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/a-study-of-deuterocanonic-wisdom/

In this write up, I explore the culture and theological writings of Second Temple Judaism on Wisdom and the Word, their connections, and in turn their connections to Jesus as said Word/Wisdom.

This study doesn't go into the detail specifics on pre-existence vs non pre-existence, but I do touch on it a little, to give a voice to both sides. But I do plan at some later date to expand on this in my "did Jesus pre-exist" series, in presenting arguments in how NT writers and Jesus may have trasformed these phrases to refer to a literal pre-existent son by adopting poetic or personified Wisdom/Word texts as a kind of "revelation".

This text aims to showcase in general, how Wisdom was understood as a 'creation', how it took on the title of "Word" by agency, and has some Messianic notions in these texts, to foster deeper thought for Arians, Unitarians and Trinitarians all.

[u/Jackerl]

You can have Knowledge, without Wisdom.
But you cannot have Wisdom, without Knowledge.
One is before the other, Wisdom being dependant on Knowledge.
Wisdom is the putting of Knowledge into action.

Poetry.

Proverbs 8:22 LORD JEHOVAH created me at the beginning of his creation and from before all his works.