The Personification Of Wisdom - Couverture rigide

Sinnott, Alice M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 075465124X ISBN 13 : 9780754651246

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. Arguing that by personifying Wisdom the authors of Proverbs responded to Israel's defeat by Babylon and the loss of Davidic monarchy, and by retrieving and transforming the Wisdom figure the authors of Sirach, Baruch and Wisdom responded to the spread of Hellenism and the potential loss of identity for Jews. Sinnott concludes that personified Wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alice M. Sinnott is from the School of Theology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 075465124X
• ISBN 13: 9780754651246
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 218
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• Personne responsable: non disponible