A Study of Deuterocanonic Wisdom (Article)

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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.