This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. 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. Alice Sinnott concludes that personified wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition.
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Alice M. Sinnott is from the School of Theology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Wisdom, as a personified figure, appears in many guises in the Wisdom literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ben Sira, Old Testament, Wisdom of Solomon, Near Eastern, New York, Book of Wisdom, Die Weisheit, Most High, Alten Testament, God of Israel, Babylonian Exile, Biblical Interpretation, Hebrew Bible, Law of Moses, Egyptian Ma'at, Ein Gott, Garden of Eden, Wisdom of God, Hellenistic Isis, Mosaic Law, Papyrus Insinger, Song of Songs, Sprüche Salomos, Allison Park, Ark of the Covenant New!
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Wisdom, as a personified figure, appears in many guises in the Wisdom literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
law that endures, reflective mythology, wisdom figure, wisdom writers, hermeneutical construct, foreign wisdom, wisdom poem, prophetic motifs, des proverbes, femme étrangère, outsider woman, biblical wisdom literature, holy tent, wisdom texts, wisdom influence, wisdom teacher Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Sira, Old Testament, Wisdom of Solomon, Near Eastern, New York, Book of Wisdom, Die Weisheit, Most High, Alten Testament, God of Israel, Babylonian Exile, Biblical Interpretation, Hebrew Bible, Law of Moses, Egyptian Ma'at, Ein Gott, Garden of Eden, Wisdom of God, Hellenistic Isis, Mosaic Law, Papyrus Insinger, Song of Songs, Sprüche Salomos, Allison Park, Ark of the Covenant New!
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- The Wisdom of Ben Sira (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 39) by Patrick W. Skehan on 11 pages
- Old Testament: Story and Faith : A Literary and Theological Introduction by James L. Crenshaw on 9 pages
- Wisdom in Ancient Israel by John Day on 7 pages
- The Book of Proverbs (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament) by R. N. Whybray on 5 pages
- The Wisdom of Solomon by Philip Law on 5 pages
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- Letter & Spirit, Vol. 2: The Authority of Mystery: The Word of God and the People of God (A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology) by Scott Hahn in Back Matter
- Jeremiah's Kings: A Study of the Monarchy in Jeremiah (Society for Old Testament Study) (Society for Old Testament Study) by John Brian Job in Front Matter
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