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050 4 _aBS
100 1 _aCranmer-Byng, L.
_q(Launcelot),
_d1872-1945
245 1 4 _aThe wisdom of the Apocrypha
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe wisdom of the East series
500 _a"Owing to rigid limitations of space, some deletions have been necessary." --Note
500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-16
505 0 _aThe wisdom of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus.
508 _aCarla Foust, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The wisdom of the Apocrypha" by L. Cranmer-Byng, C. E. Lawrence, and S. A. Kapadia is an anthology of Jewish wisdom literature from the biblical Apocrypha, with an editorial introduction, written in the early 20th century. The volume presents and contextualizes selections—especially The Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus—emphasizing righteousness, duty, discipline, and practical conduct, and framing their ethical insights for modern readers and East–West understanding. The opening of the volume sets out the series’ aim to foster goodwill between East and West, notes editorial choices and omissions, and offers an introduction that revalues the Apocrypha as vital human documents. It argues that “wisdom” largely means disciplined duty under God, surveys its relevance to everyday character and leadership, and frankly flags Ecclesiasticus’s harsh views on women while praising its shrewd maxims. The text then begins The Wisdom of Solomon (1–9): a call to righteousness; a critique of nihilistic “ungodly” reasoning; a promise that the righteous rest with God; warnings to rulers; a soaring portrait of Wisdom as God’s radiant effluence; and Solomon’s prayer to receive her. It follows with the opening of Ecclesiasticus, which strings together compact counsels on fearing the Lord, endurance in trial, honouring parents, humility, charity and justice, choosing friends, guarding speech, shunning pride and lust, prudence around the rich and powerful, repentance, and reflections on creation, human faculties, and God’s mercy and judgement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: John Murray, 1910
653 _aWisdom literature
700 1 _aLawrence, C. E.
_q(Charles Edward),
_d1870-1940
700 1 _aKapadia, S. A.
_q(Shaporji Aspaniarji),
_d1857-1941
830 0 _aThe wisdom of the East series
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/wisdomofapocryph00lawr/page/12/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77250
999 _c117970
_d117970