Wisdom of Solomon presupposes its readership is literate and thoroughly Hellenized, which would have been true of the large Jewish community at Alexandria. Alexandria was the capital of Egypt and a brilliant center of Hellenistic philosophy and art, which was symbolized by its famous museum and library. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (the Septuagint) was, according to Jewish tradition, initiated by Ptolemy Philadelphus (285–246 B.C.) for the library. It is tempting to imagine that Wisdom