Interpreting Old Testament wisdom literature / edited by David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson. [print]

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BS1455.E96.I584 2017
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Old Testament wisdom today/ Craig G. Bartholomew The wisdom literature. -- The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book / Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Rosalind Clarke -- Themes. -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature / Lennart Boström -- Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology / Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Brittany N. Melton.

The book of Proverbs: some current issues/ Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book/ Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars/ Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs/ Rosalind Clarke

Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature/ Lennart Bostrom -- Worrying about the wise: wisdom in Old Testament narrative/ David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology/ Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, list to me': the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms/ Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him': aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes/ Brittany N. Melton.

Subject: 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. Back book flap

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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS1455.F578.I584 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001762166

Previously published under title: Exploring Old Testament wisdom : literature and themes.

PART 1: THE STUDY OF WISDOM TODAY -- Old Testament wisdom today/ Craig G. Bartholomew The wisdom literature. -- The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book / Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Rosalind Clarke -- Themes. -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature / Lennart Boström -- Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology / Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Brittany N. Melton.

PART 2: THE WISDOM LITERATURE -- The book of Proverbs: some current issues/ Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book/ Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars/ Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs/ Rosalind Clarke

PART 3: THEMES -- Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature/ Lennart Bostrom -- Worrying about the wise: wisdom in Old Testament narrative/ David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology/ Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, list to me': the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms/ Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him': aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes/ 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. Back book flap

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