A Commentary on the Book of Wisdom

by St. Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor · Early Franciscan Ascetical Writings, Volume IV

translated by Fr. Campion Murray, OFM

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ISBN, perfect bound: 978-1-61956-039-0
ISBN, EPUB ebook: 978-1-61956-714-6
ISBN, PDF ebook: 978-1-61956-715-3
Pages: 442
Size: 5.5 × 8.5 in
Edition: Perfect bound first edition, November 2012
Language: English

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About this book

“Love the light of wisdom, all you who bear rule over the peoples.” — Wisdom 6:23

St. Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor, reads the Book of Wisdom as a book for rulers and prelates, and so for all people, since all are called to love justice, to think rightly of the Lord and to seek the Lord in simplicity of heart.

Verse by verse, his commentary draws out the book’s teaching on justice, the folly of the wicked, the hope of the just, and the beauty of Wisdom herself.

Campion Murray, OFM, a lifelong teacher of the Wisdom literature, translates the commentary together with its editorial introduction, and adds the complete text of the Book of Wisdom in the Douay-Rheims version, lightly updated.