Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel / edited by Richard J. Clifford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clifford, Richard J.

Series:

Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ; no. 36.

Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ; no. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wisdom literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Wisdom literature.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

The context of wisdom in Mesopotamia. The social and intellectual setting of Babylonian wisdom literature / Paul-Alain Beaulieu. Why wisdom became a secret : on wisdom as a written genre / Karel van der Toorn

Studies in Babylonian wisdom texts. An allusion to the Šamaš hymn in the Dialogue of pessimism / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. The wisdom of Šūpê-amēlī

a deathbed debate between a father and son / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz

Comparisons of Mesopotamian and biblical texts and motifs. Sages with a sense of humor : the Babylonian Dialogue between the master and his servant and the Book of Qoheleth / Edward L. Greenstein. Cosmos, temple, house : building and wisdom in Mesopotamia and Israel / Raymond C. Van Leeuwen

Biblical wisdom literature. Beginnings, endings, and life's necessities in biblical wisdom / James L. Crenshaw.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-58983-804-1

1-4356-2699-0

OCLC:

648338466