Wisdom literature : a theological history / [print]
Leo G. Perdue.
- first edition.
- Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, (c)2007.
- xi, 415 pages ; 23 cm.
Introducing the historical theology of wisdom literature -- Salvation history, covenant, creation, and providence -- The book of Proverbs -- Exilic wisdom and the Babylonian sapiential tradition: the book of Job -- Scribalism and the Torah in the wisdom tradition -- Wisdom and Egyptian and Hellenistic skepticism: the book of Qoheleth -- Hellenistic wisdom in Judah: the book of Ben Sira -- Wisdom and Alexandrian Hellenism: the wisdom of Solomon -- The historical theology of wisdom literature: conclusions.