obedience to God, wisdom is set over the created order, and thus becomes the pattern for a truly human existence, corresponding to the place intended for Adam.38 That, indeed, is the underlying logic of Proverbs 1–9. In the Wisdom of Solomon and Ben-Sira these ideas are developed in a particular direction, already latent in the Old Testament. Since those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways, are the children of Israel who observe Torah, wisdom becomes closely identified with Torah itself (e.g.