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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2017.Description: xv, 232 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 083085178X
  • 9780830851782
Uniform titles:
  • Exploring Old Testament wisdom.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1455.E96.I584 2017
  • BS1455.F578.I584 2017
Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Old Testament wisdom today/ Craig G. Bartholomew 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 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.
Summary: 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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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 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 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 Link to source of summary

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