Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament - Couverture souple

Blenkinsopp, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192132539 ISBN 13 : 9780192132536

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Joseph Blenkinsopp analyses the so-called Wisdom Writings, especially the Book of Proverbs, and outlines the ethical teaching of the sages of Israel and the complex of ideas which supported it. He then goes on to show how dissonance between this theoretical framework and experience gave rise to grave religious problems concerning the nature of Israel's God and his relation with his people and considers how these problems were treated in the literature, especially in Job and Ecclesiastes. Tracing the development of Israel's legal tradition from its origins in the tribal structure, the author brings out the contacts between this tradition and the ethical teaching of the sages. Towards the end of the biblical period the synthesis of law and wisdom provided essential lines of continuity with the early Christian theology and rabbinic Judaism of the classical period.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This new edition has been considerably expanded to take in work on the legal and didactic material published since the 1980s. It gives more attention to the different literary genres used by Israel's sages and to the social settings in which the material came into existence and circulated. References to relevant archaeological data have also been brought up to date. The main purpose of the book, however, remains the same: to trace the course of two related key streams of tradition, law and wisdom, throughout the history of Israel in the biblical period, and to demonstrate their essential lines of continuity with classical Jewish thought and early Christian theology.

Revue de presse

a valuable work for the reader who wishes to take a broader view (Theology)

This study belongs to a biblical series which is devoted to groups of books rather than single books. It describes quite fully the contents of the wisdom and legal portions of the Old Testament and early Jewish literature ... Especially valuable is the treatment of this coming together in early Judaism, so important for a proper appreciation of New Testament polemic. (John C L Gibson, Edinburgh University, tbr Vol. 8, No. 2, February 1996)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192132539
• ISBN 13: 9780192132536
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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