Wisdom for life : essays offered to honor Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ on the occasion of his eightieth birthday / edited by Nuria Calduch-Benages.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calduch-Benages, Núria, editor.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 445.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Volume 445

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wisdom literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Wisdom literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professor Maurice Gilbert SJ is widely acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on biblical wisdom literature, in particular the Book of Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, on which he has produced many publications. This Festschrift, the third one in his honor, brings together twenty-four essays written by both established scholars who are friends and colleagues of Professor Gilbert and younger members of the field who wrote their doctoral dissertation under his guidance at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. There he was rector (1978-1984) and full professor until his retirement (1975-2011). The volume is divided into six main sections, focusing respectively on Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, and Psalms. Some essays display rigorous attention to textual and linguistic issues, whereas others deal with more theological questions (fear before God, joy in Qoheleth, arguments for justice in Wisdom of Solomon) or focus on the comparison between two books (for instance, Qoheleth and Sirach, Sirach and Genesis, Sirach and Tobit).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

Proverbs

A Profile of the Septuagint Proverbs / Fox, Michael V.

Abraham, maître de sagesse selon l'idéal des Proverbes / Ska, Jean Louis

Von der "Anstrengung des Begriffs" (Spr 1,3) und von "Not" und "Not wendender Kraft" (Spr 24,10.11-12) / Jüngling, Hans-Winfried

The Words of Agur (Prov 30:1-9) and the Book of Proverbs: Some Historico-Anthropological Considerations / Passaro, Angelo

Job

Job et la main de Dieu / Mies, Françoise

Courtroom Imagery: The Neglected Background of Job 5:1 / Iwanski, Dariusz

Ein Phönix in Ijob 29,18? / Egger-Wenzel, Renate

The Optical Illusion: Job and the Reasons for a Protest (Job 29-31) / Pinto, Sebastiano

Qoheleth

Qoheleth's Hatred of Life: A Passing Phase or an Enduring Sentiment? / Crenshaw, James L.

Power in Qoheleth and the Prophets / Asurmendi, Jesús M.

Qoheleth and Sirach: A Comparison / Corley, Jeremy

The Snowball and the Cord of Three Strands: Qoh 4:12b in the Rabbinic Tradition / Bardski, Krzysztof

Ben Sira

Parallels of Ben Sira's Wisdom in Tobit 4:3-19 / Di Lella, Alexander A. / M, O.F.

Ben Sira 23:27 - A Pivotal Verse / Calduch-Benages, Nuria

A Rereading of the Primeval Narratives: Ben Sira 40:1-17 and 16:26-17:4 / Beentjes, Pancratius C.

"Perform your work promptly, and, in his time, he will give you your reward" (SirG 51:30). Some Observations on the Use of ἕργον/ מעשה in the Book of Ben Sira / Palmisano, Maria Carmela

Wisdom of Solomon

The Antithetical Pair "to punish" and "to benefit" (koλάζω and εύεργειέω) in the Book of Wisdom / Mazzinghi, Luca

The Hereafter in the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom 1-3) / Nobile, Marco

Building a Temple to Wisdom (Wis 9:8) / Priotto, Michelangelo

L'έπιείκεια divine ou la mesure du jugement selon Sg 11,15-12,27 / Leproux, Alexis

Psalms

Quand la structure révèle un sens: Les Psaumes «quasi-alphabétiques» 33 et 103 / Vermeylen, Jacques

Melchizedek in Psalm 110:4 / Spreafico, Ambrogio

The Structure of Psalm 111 / Barbiero, Gianni

PsG 117:22-23 and the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers / De Zan, Renato

Bibliography of Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ (2000-2014)

List of Abbreviations

Index of Authors

Index of References

Notes:

Includes indexes.

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ISBN:

9783110369793

3110369796

9783110301649

3110301644

OCLC:

862092745