Further, Wisdom is identified with the Word of the Lord; the “Word” is, however, used in the Old Testament sense, not in that of the Philonian Logos. The Word, like Wisdom, takes part in the Creation: O God of the fathers, and Lord Who keepest Thy mercy, Who madest all things by Thy Word; And by Thy Wisdom Thou formedst man.... (ix. 1, 2). Just as Wisdom sits upon the throne of God: Give me Wisdom, her that sitteth by Thee on Thy throne (ix. 4), so, too, the same is said of the Word: Thine all-powerful Word leaped from heaven out of the royal throne (xviii. 15). The nature of Wisdom, as portrayed in this book, has been well summed up in the following words: “Wisdom is not an attribute, nor the sum of the attributes, of God: such an explanation would not take account of all the properties postulated of Wisdom, nor would it allow for the completeness of the Divine transcendence. Wisdom, again, is not God in manifestation; she is too distinct from Him to be merely a theoretical aspect of Himself. Lastly, she is not a Being, personal and distinct from God: she emanates from Him, but the emanation has not terminated. No birth-severance has taken place, giving her independent life.”[318] Finally, it will not be amiss to take a glance, though it be but a very slight one, at the teaching concerning Wisdom which is given in some of the Apocalyptic books of which mention has been made in the preceding chapter. It is true, these books do not belong to the Wisdom Literature, nevertheless some of them contain teaching on the subject of Wisdom which may appropriately find a brief consideration here. We have already seen that in some of the earlier books of the Old Testament materials are to be discerned out of which the Wisdom Literature developed; as there were, therefore, these early seeds out of which the Wisdom Literature grew, so in some of the Apocalyptic books an after-growth may also be discerned. While the full fruit is to be seen in the books with which we have just been concerned, it is well to realize that some fruit is also to be gathered outside of these. It will be sufficient for our purpose if we illustrate what has to be said from three Apocalyptic books, viz. the Book of Enoch, the Similitudes of Enoch and the Secrets of Enoch. In the oldest portions of the Book of Enoch there is no mention of Wisdom,[319] unless xci. 10 be included among these.[320] This passage runs: And the righteous shall arise from their sleep, And Wisdom shall arise and be given unto them. In the next oldest part, the “Dream Visions,” the thought which has already come before us of Wisdom sitting on the throne of God, finds expression: Wisdom departs not from the place of Thy throne, Nor turns away from Thy presence (lxxxiv. 3).