Excerpt from The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works From the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form; Ecclesiasticus It is as such - as human documents reflecting the ideals and the philosophy of eastern wisdom - that this selection of two of the Apocryphal books of the Old Testament has been included in the Wisdom of the East series. Regarded as human documents, there can be no question of their great interest and value. The Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus follow naturally after, and are not unworthy to range with, The Proverbs and Ecclesiastes although not for an instant would one claim for them equality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.