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Wisdom literature / Alastair Hunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunter, Alastair G.
- Series:
- SCM core text
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Language, style.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Wisdom literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Wisdom literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SCM Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- This textbook addresses wisdom as both an international and an Israelite phenomenon, and explores the subject in three ways: in terms of the broad phenomenon of wisdom; its application to individual books and texts (without trying to be comprehensive); and in relation to anthropological approaches to folk material.
- Contents:
- Defining wisdom as a genre
- Wisdom in context in ancient Israel
- Wisdom in the ancient Near East
- Structure and themes in Proverbs
- Wisdom and the feminine in Proverbs
- Theodicy and the themes in Job
- Structure and meaning in Job
- Sceptic, realist or cynic? The life and philosophy of Qoheleth
- A man for the time: Ben Sira of Jerusalem
- The wisdom of the book of Sirach
- Folk-tales, myths and legends: biblical wisdom in its anthropological setting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780334040156
- 0334040159
- OCLC:
- 64957519
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