Wisdom literature is the genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East. This genre is characterized by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about divinity and about virtue. The key principle of wisdom literature is that whilst techniques of traditional story-telling are used, books also presume to offer insight and wisdom about nature and reality. The most famous examples of wisdom literature are found in the Bible. The following Biblical books are classified as wisdom literature: (Wisdom and Sirach are deuterocanonical books, placed in the Apocrypha by Protestant Bible translations.)