Interpreting Old Testament wisdom literature /
Interpreting Old Testament wisdom literature / [print]
edited by David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson.
- Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2017.
- xv, 232 pages ; 22 cm
Previously published under title: Exploring Old Testament wisdom : literature and themes.
PART 1: THE STUDY OF WISDOM TODAY -- Old Testament wisdom today/ The wisdom literature. -- The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Job as a problematic book / Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Themes. -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Retribution and wisdom literature / Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / Wisdom and biblical theology / 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Craig G. Bartholomew Ernest C. Lucas -- Lindsay Wilson -- Katharine J. Dell -- Rosalind Clarke -- Gregory Goswell -- Lennart Boström -- David G. Firth -- Christopher B. Ansberry -- Simon P. Stocks -- Brittany N. Melton. PART 2: THE WISDOM LITERATURE -- The book of Proverbs: some current issues/ Job as a problematic book/ Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars/ Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs/ Ernest C. Lucas -- Lindsay Wilson -- Katharine J. Dell -- Rosalind Clarke PART 3: THEMES -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature/ Worrying about the wise: wisdom in Old Testament narrative/ Wisdom and biblical theology/ 'Children, list to me': the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms/ 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him': aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes/ Lennart Bostrom -- David G. Firth -- Christopher B. Ansberry -- Simon P. Stocks -- Brittany N. Melton.
The focus of this volume is on both wisdom books and wisdom ideas. Part one surveys recent developments in the field of Old Testament wisdom. Part two discusses some issues that have arisen in Proverbs, Jobs, and Ecclesiastes, and examines the Song of Songs as a wisdom text. Part three explores topics, such as wisdom in Ruth, in Psalms, and in biblical theology.
9780830851782
2016048149
BS1455.E96.I584 2017 BS1455
Previously published under title: Exploring Old Testament wisdom : literature and themes.
PART 1: THE STUDY OF WISDOM TODAY -- Old Testament wisdom today/ The wisdom literature. -- The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Job as a problematic book / Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Themes. -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Retribution and wisdom literature / Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / Wisdom and biblical theology / 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Craig G. Bartholomew Ernest C. Lucas -- Lindsay Wilson -- Katharine J. Dell -- Rosalind Clarke -- Gregory Goswell -- Lennart Boström -- David G. Firth -- Christopher B. Ansberry -- Simon P. Stocks -- Brittany N. Melton. PART 2: THE WISDOM LITERATURE -- The book of Proverbs: some current issues/ Job as a problematic book/ Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars/ Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs/ Ernest C. Lucas -- Lindsay Wilson -- Katharine J. Dell -- Rosalind Clarke PART 3: THEMES -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature/ Worrying about the wise: wisdom in Old Testament narrative/ Wisdom and biblical theology/ 'Children, list to me': the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms/ 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him': aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes/ Lennart Bostrom -- David G. Firth -- Christopher B. Ansberry -- Simon P. Stocks -- Brittany N. Melton.
The focus of this volume is on both wisdom books and wisdom ideas. Part one surveys recent developments in the field of Old Testament wisdom. Part two discusses some issues that have arisen in Proverbs, Jobs, and Ecclesiastes, and examines the Song of Songs as a wisdom text. Part three explores topics, such as wisdom in Ruth, in Psalms, and in biblical theology.
9780830851782
2016048149
BS1455.E96.I584 2017 BS1455