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needs crosslinking to German Weisheitsliteratur: i have no idea how that is done

You put [[de:Weisheitsliteratur]] at the end -- Henrygb 16:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Merged Sapiential Books to here. - 74.138.110.32 ( talk) 03:52, 17 April 2017 (UTC) reply

What is exactly Israel here? Israelites? Hebrew literature?

There is a large field of discussion about 'wisdom literature' in Anglo-Saxon corpus that is appropriate to include here

See for reference:

-Gnomic Poetry In anglosaxon Issue 49 , Blanche Colton Williams -The Solomon Complex , Elaine Tuttle Hansen - Job, ecclesiastes, and the mechanics of wisdom in Old English Poetry - Lyric gnome in old English poetry

Note, the Americans seem to dislike Anglo-Saxon due to their perceived personal history with the term. In England however the term is acceptable. I think old English is more common for describing the literature though, its a matter of taste I guess. Its pretty much synonymous in usage.

CantingCrew ( talk) 21:46, 20 June 2020 (UTC)CantingCrew reply

There’s many specific Mesopotamian examples of wisdom literature — shouldn’t they be added to this article? Bagabondo ( talk) 14:02, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

The Wisdom Literature article in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica seems to have a broader scope, and is certainly more detailed, than the text here or at Poetic Books. I don't know how much of that detail reflects current understanding of the term as used today, or if there would be value in spinning off a different Wikipedia article, or if it is too Anglican-establishment oriented for current use. Perhaps we could simply notate its appearance in the Bibliography as containing more insight. Does anyone with more specialized knowledge have any insights? David Brooks ( talk) 14:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply