It contains some matters not in harmony with the analogy of faith.
It contains some matters not in harmony with the analogy of faith.
§ 211. [III] The Book of Wisdom contains some matters not in harmony with the analogy of faith. Osiander, on Wisdom 8:
The author is speaking about the wisdom of God in this manner: that some things can be referred to the Son of God—who is the eternal Word of God, through whom all things were created—but some things can be referred to the ministerial word. This mixture of diverse subjects shows that this book is not in the canonical writings. In the same chapter, v. 20, he says that he came in an undefiled body. In 10:15 he calls the Israelites “a holy people and a blameless seed.” Chapter 16:21 says that “the bread from heaven … served every man’s will,” though Exod. 16:31 and Num. 11:8 say that “its taste was like the taste of flour with honey.” Chapter 18:12 says that there were not enough of the living to bury the slain firstborn, something we do not read in the canonical Scripture of Moses. Chapter 19:16 says about the darkness in Egypt, “Everyone was seeking the passage of his own door,” though canonical Scripture, Exod. 10:23, speaks otherwise about this situation: “No one rose from the place where he was for three days.”
All this, however, could allow for a suitable interpretation, if it were evident that this book is prophetic and canonical writing.