This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive study of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, in selected intertestamental and Rabbinic texts, and in the New Testament. An introductory essay summarizes the various meanings of wisdom in current research and offers an accurate understanding of the term. With seventeen essays by leading scholars, this helpful book allows students to identify and understand the presence of wisdom in the Bible and related literatures.
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Leo G. Perdue is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. He is aninternational authority on wisdom literature and the author of numerous books, including Proverbs in the esteemed Interpretation commentary series.
Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. He is a charter member of the Jesus Seminar and a consultant to the American Bible Society.
William Johnston Wiseman is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. He is a charter member of the Jesus Seminar and a consultant to the American Bible Society.
William Johnston Wiseman is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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As a corrective to abstract treatments in biblical theology, Claus Westermann has proposed that ancient Israelites understood God by means of two fundamental categories: saving and blessing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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As a corrective to abstract treatments in biblical theology, Claus Westermann has proposed that ancient Israelites understood God by means of two fundamental categories: saving and blessing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
countercultural wisdom, symbolic eschatology, biblical wisdom books, logoi sophon, mantic wisdom, attribute formula, speculative wisdom, sapiential literature, theoretical wisdom, more original form, sapiential tradition, apocalyptic worldview, sayings tradition, apocalyptic motifs, several sayings, wisdom speeches, apocalyptic context, apocalyptic literature, desolating sacrilege, personified wisdom, theological wisdom, theological paradigm, divine council, wisdom psalms, base text Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Sira, New York, Fortress Press, Old Testament, New Testament, Wisdom of Solomon, Scholars Press, Day of the Lord, Hebrew Bible, Gospel of Thomas, Woman Wisdom, Near Eastern, San Francisco, Cambridge University Press, Abingdon Press, Grand Rapids, Most High, Walter de Gruyter, Neukirchener Verlag, Paul Siebeck, Publishing House, Alten Testament, Apocalypse of John, Gospel According, Almond Press New!
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- Old Testament: Story and Faith : A Literary and Theological Introduction by James L. Crenshaw on 12 pages
- The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East by John G. Gammie on 6 pages
- Old Testament Theology, Volume I (Old Testament Library) by Gerhard von Rad on 5 pages
- Trajectories Through Early Christianity by James M. Robinson on 4 pages
- The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature by Roland E. Murphy on 4 pages
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- Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) by Paul L. Redditt on 6 pages
- Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction by James L. Crenshaw on 5 pages
- Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age (Old Testament Library) by John J. Collins on 5 pages
- The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (The Biblical Resource Series) by John Joseph Collins on page 137, page 246, and Back Matter
- The Personification Of Wisdom (Society for Old Testament Study Monographs) (Society for Old Testament Study Monographs) by Alice M. Sinnott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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