Wisdom literature

Wisdom literature is a genre of literature that was common in the  ancient Near East. Wisdom literature is about sayings of wisdom that teach about divinity and wisdom. The story-telling used is the same than in other forms of literature. Wisdom literature  tells the reader has about how nature is made, and what reality is. 
There are two kinds of wisdom literature:
Sayings
Speculative wisdom literature
Sayings are generalized. Speculative wisdom literature are about a person, and its relationship to questions such as the meaning of life, suffering or the relationship between that person and a deity.

 Christianity 
The Jews sometimes say the Old Testament is the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings. Included inside the Writings are Psalms and wisdom materials like Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. These wisdom books are related to certain people called "wise men" who were an important part of Israelite society. () 

Examples
The collection of Ptah-Hotep, dated to about 2450 BC.
In the second half of the second millennium BC, there are a number of writings from Ugarit, Emar and other centres in Western Syria
Certain books of the Bible are classified as Wisdom literature
Mirrors for princes writings have a long history in Islamic and Western literature. These writings are secular though.
In Classical Antiquity there was "advice poetry", for example Hesiod's Works and Days

Category:Religious literature