Full title
Three Characters in the Wisdom of Solomon 3-4
Research notes
Reader Checked - AK - 05/03/2012
Reference type
Year
2001
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume
12
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
1
Pages
105-113
Label
18/12/11
Abstract
There are three righteous characters in the Wisdom of Solomon 3-4: the sterile woman, the eunuch, and the youth who died young. Each description of them stands in antithesis with that of the wicked family members: the wicked husbands, their wives, and their progeny. The three righteous char acters have been selected as a literary device to indict wrong thoughts and deeds of the wicked rather than to praise those three figures themselves. It is difficult to relate the socio-political situation of the author to the description of the sterile woman or the eunuch. However, it is possible that the descrip tion of the righteous youth reflects his socio-political context of persecution.