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Old Testament wisdom : an introduction / James L. Crenshaw. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, (c)1998.Edition: Rev. and enlDescription: xv, 255 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664254629
LOC classification:
  • BS1455.C915.O438 1998
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Contents:
1. The World of Wisdom -- 2. The Sapiential Tradition -- 3. The Pursuit of Knowledge: Proverbs -- 4. The Search for Divine Presence: Job -- 5. The Chasing after Meaning: Ecclesiastes -- 6. The Quest for Survival: Sirach -- 7. The Widening Hunt: Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom Psalms, and Beyond -- 8. Wisdom's Legacy -- 9. Egyptian and Mesopotamian Wisdom Literature.
Subject: "In this revised and expanded edition of his best-seller, James Crenshaw takes stock of the dramatic outpouring of scholarship on wisdom literature produced by contemporary interpreters. Liberation and feminist critics, scholars in comparative religion, specialists in devotional theology, and researchers exploring educational systems in the ancient Near East all have enriched our understanding of wisdom literature in recent years, and all receive insightful treatment in this new volume." -- BACK ColoradoVER.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS1455.C65 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001487715

Introduction: On Defining Wisdom -- 1. The World of Wisdom -- 2. The Sapiential Tradition -- 3. The Pursuit of Knowledge: Proverbs -- 4. The Search for Divine Presence: Job -- 5. The Chasing after Meaning: Ecclesiastes -- 6. The Quest for Survival: Sirach -- 7. The Widening Hunt: Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom Psalms, and Beyond -- 8. Wisdom's Legacy -- 9. Egyptian and Mesopotamian Wisdom Literature.

"In this revised and expanded edition of his best-seller, James Crenshaw takes stock of the dramatic outpouring of scholarship on wisdom literature produced by contemporary interpreters. Liberation and feminist critics, scholars in comparative religion, specialists in devotional theology, and researchers exploring educational systems in the ancient Near East all have enriched our understanding of wisdom literature in recent years, and all receive insightful treatment in this new volume." -- BACK ColoradoVER.

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