23. immortality. aphtharsia is an Epicurean term. Cf.
Epicurus Epistulae 1.77; 3.123;
Philodemus Peri Theōn 3.8. It is
quite frequent in Philo: Op. 153; Sacr. 5; Agr. 100; Ebr. 140; Abr. 55: epei syngenes men aidiotētos aphtharsia (“since imperishableness is
akin to eternality”); QG 3.11. See
also 4 Macc 9:22; 1 Cor 15:53. (David Winston, The Wisdom of
Solomon: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary [Anchor Yale
Bible 43; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008], 121)
