Czym jest i skąd pochodzi mądrość? Metodologiczna refleksja autora w Mdr 6,22-25

Abstract

The Wisdom of Salomon is an exhortatory discourse written in Greek by a Jew of Alexandria comprehensively educated in Hellenistic culture. This paper attempts to address the fundamental issues regarding the nature and origin of wisdom. One of the main advantages of the author’s style is the clarity and comprehensibility of his work, which makes it close to the typical Greek literary genre, parrēsia. In the first place, the reader will have an opportunity to take into account the meaning of this Greek term and, what is more, it will be analyzed in the view of Greek thought. Secondly, this text is intended to be put into a broader literary context within the whole book of Wisdom. Being that the author’s methodological strategy is interesting, after a short reflection on the critical analysis, it is worth examining its components in two aspects: material (the nature and origin of wisdom) and formal (the author’s way of proceeding). Last but not least, the point is to attempt to interpret the text according to the author’s intentions.