The wisdom literature /
"In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional proverb, say a few things about "the problem of evil" in Job, or quote "vanity of vanities," but far more rewarding to read th...
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Nashville, Tenn. :
Abingdon Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Interpreting Biblical texts
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Table of Contents:
- Our quest and the Bible's wisdom : Initial reactions to biblical wisdom ; Modern wisdom literature ; Biblical wisdom literature ; Recommended reading
- Wisdom literature in the ancient Near East : Mesopotamia ; Mesopotamian social literature ; Egypt ; Egyptian social location ; Canaan ; Recommended reading
- The book of Proverbs : Literary structure and purpose ; Genres ; Social location ; Main assumptions and concepts ; Analyses of representative texts ; Recommended reading
- The book of Job : Comparable ancient Near Eastern literature ; The date and social location ; Scholarly approaches ; The book ; The prologue ; The first cycle ; The second cycle ; The third cycle ; The poem on wisdom ; The final speech of Job ; Elihu's speeches ; Yahweh's speeches ; The epilogue ; Recommended reading
- The book of Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) : Genre ; Authorship, date, social location, and integrity ; Outline ; The argument of the book ; Interpretations of the book ; Recommended reading
- The wisdom of Ben Sira (Sirach) : Date, text, author and social location ; Outline ; Key passages.
- The main teachings of Sirach ; Recommended reading
- The wisdom of Solomon : Historical background ; Hellenistic Judaism ; The structure of the book ; Genre ; The book: An analysis of its three parts ; The meaning of wisdom of Solomon today ; Recommended reading
- The song of songs : The date and social context ; Genre and comparable literature ; The literary structure ; The poetic world of the texts ; Recommended reading
- Wisdom in Judaism and Christianity : Judaism ; The New Testament.