Wisdom in Ancient IsraelJohn Day, Robert P. Gordon, Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson In this collection, an international group of specialists considers the nature of wisdom in relation to the thought world of the ancient Near East and its impact on the rest of the Old Testament. In addition to full coverage of the wisdom books and other literature most frequently thought to have been influenced by them, thematic studies also introduce the principal comparative sources among Israel's neighbors and discuss the place of wisdom in Israelite religion, theology and society. |
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... literary contribution . But in the end Ray resists the temptation to generalize about the course of Egyptian wisdom as if it were headed towards some spiritual or religious telos a sort of ' via crucis along the Nile ' - and this partly ...
... literary contribution . But in the end Ray resists the temptation to generalize about the course of Egyptian wisdom as if it were headed towards some spiritual or religious telos a sort of ' via crucis along the Nile ' - and this partly ...
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... literary tastes or , on the question of future hope and immortality , to ' Epicurean ' tendencies such as are found ... literary types at least look as if they should stand in a special relationship to wisdom writing . In particular ...
... literary tastes or , on the question of future hope and immortality , to ' Epicurean ' tendencies such as are found ... literary types at least look as if they should stand in a special relationship to wisdom writing . In particular ...
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... literary - theological ' standpoint , personified wisdom is unequalled in the Old Testament . Personified wisdom , moreover , helped wisdom in general to survive the ' crisis of wisdom ' reflected in Job and Ecclesiastes and to live on ...
... literary - theological ' standpoint , personified wisdom is unequalled in the Old Testament . Personified wisdom , moreover , helped wisdom in general to survive the ' crisis of wisdom ' reflected in Job and Ecclesiastes and to live on ...
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John Day, Robert P. Gordon, Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson. literary device intended to compensate for the eradication of the worship of goddesses in Israel . This apparent apotheosis of wisdom took place as a reaction to the ...
John Day, Robert P. Gordon, Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson. literary device intended to compensate for the eradication of the worship of goddesses in Israel . This apparent apotheosis of wisdom took place as a reaction to the ...
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Ahiqar allegory Alten Testaments Amenemope Amos ancient Israel Ancient Near East Aramaic Asherah Babylonian Ben Sira Bible biblical book of Job book of Proverbs canon century chapter Christian Daniel deuteronomic deuteronomistic divine Ecclesiastes Ecclesiasticus Ecclus Egypt Egyptian wisdom Emerton Esarhaddon especially evidence fable Gilgamesh God's goddess Greek Hebrew Hosea human i-ix influence inscriptions interpretation Isaiah Israelite Israelite Wisdom J. L. Crenshaw Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Job's Judah Kings Lady Wisdom Lemaire literary London Lord Ma'at mantic wisdom Neukirchen-Vluyn noted Old Testament Old Testament theology original Oxford parable passage personified post-exilic prophecy prophetic Prov psalms Psalter Qoheleth Qumran R. N. Whybray reference religious righteous sages Sagesse sapiential scholars schools Semitic Sira Sirach Song statesmen Studies Succession Narrative suggests Sumerian Syriac theme theodicy Torah translation Ugaritic verse viii Weisheit wisdom literature Wisdom of Solomon wisdom psalms wisdom texts wisdom tradition wise words writings Yahweh