An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature - Couverture souple

Weeks, Stuart

 
9780567184436: An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0567184439 ISBN 13 : 9780567184436
Editeur : T & T Clark International, 2010

Synopsis

In contrast to much of the other literature in the Hebrew Bible, the wisdom books – Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes – have little interest in Israel’s national history and worship, but focus instead on the needs of each individual, struggling to survive and prosper in a world that can be dangerous and confusing.
This introduction to the study of Wisdom Literature is geared to questions of method and approach. The introduction and first chapter examine the basic questions central to the literature. Subsequent chapters outline the content, characteristics, and thought of each book, and discuss the problems involved in approaching and interpreting them. Examination of the biblical wisdom books is followed by a survey and discussion of other Jewish literature with a claim to be called ‘wisdom literature’, including psalms, and works from the apocrypha and from Qumran. The final chapters turn to more general issues of thought, place, and definition, concluding that wisdom literature must be understood not in terms of a shared origin, theology, or ideology, but as a type of literary discourse.

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À propos de l?auteur

<div><span style="font-family: AGaramond;">Dr Stuart Weeks MA (Oxon.) MPhil DPhil, Senior Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew, Durham University, UK.<span> </span></span>He is the author of Early Israelite Wisdom (OUP, 1994) and Instructions & Imagery in Proverbs 1-9 (OUP, 2007).<span style="font-family: AGaramond;"><span> </span>He is writing the ICC volume on Ecclesiastes for T&T Clark.<o:p /></span> <br /></div>

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Éditeur
T & T Clark International
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0567184439
ISBN 13 
9780567184436
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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ISBN 10 :  0567135829 ISBN 13 :  9780567135827
Editeur : T.& T.Clark Ltd, 2010
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