The Book of Wisdom: The Greek Text, the Latin Vulgate, and the Authorized English Version: Commentary

The Book of Wisdom begins with an in-depth prolegomena covering the progress of Greek philosophy, Jewish-Alexandrian philosophy, the book’s influence on the theology of the New Testament, and more. William J. Deane then provides the Greek text of the Wisdom of Solomon with a critical apparatus, along with the English translation and text of the Latin Vulgate for side-by-side comparison. After the three versions, Deane includes over 100 pages of commentary on the text, with the aim “to give the plain, grammatical, and historical meaning of each passage, illustrating it by references to the writings of Philo, Josephus, the Alexandrian writers and early Fathers.” The book also includes Greek, Latin, and English indexes.