Conflicted boundaries in wisdom and apocalypticism

Conflicted boundaries in wisdom and apocalypticism / edited by Lawrence M. Wills and Benjamin G. Wright, III.

The notion that wisdom and apocalypticism represent fundamentally different and mutually exclusive categories of genre and worldview in early Jewish and Christian literature persists in current scholarship. The essays in this volume, the work of the Wisdom and Apocalypticism Group of the Society of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wills, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Mitchell), 1954-, Wright, Benjamin G., III
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2005.
Series:Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 35.
Subjects:
Bible. > New Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > New Testament
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Apocryphal books > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Wisdom > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Wisdom > Religious aspects > Christianity.
11.33 Bible study and interpretation.
11.26 movements within Judaism.
BIBLES > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference.
Apocalyptic literature
Apocryphal books
Wisdom > Religious aspects > Christianity
Wisdom > Religious aspects > Judaism
Wijsheidsliteratuur.
Apocalyptiek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Issues and outlook. Wisdom and apocalypticism in early Judaism: some points for discussion / George W.E. Nickelsburg
  • Response to George Nickelsburg, "Wisdom and apocalypticism in early Judaism" / Sarah J. Tanzer
  • Response to Sarah Tanzer / George W.E. Nickelsburg
  • pt. 2. Wisdom and apocalypticism in early Judaism. Wisdom, apocalypticism, and the pedagogical ethos of 4QInstruction / Matthew J. Goff
  • Psalms of Solomon and the ideology of rule / Rodney A. Werline
  • Putting the puzzle together: some suggestions concerning the social location of the wisdom of Ben Sira / Benjamin G. Wright III
  • Israel at the mercy of demonic powers: an Enochic interpretation of postexilic imperialism / Patrick A. Tiller
  • Politics of cultural production in second temple Judea: historical context and political-religious relations of the scribes who produced 1 Enoch, Sirach, and Daniel / Richard A. Horsley
  • pt. 3. Wisdom and apocalypticism in early Christianity. "Who is wise and understanding among you?" (James 3:13): an analysis of wisdom, eschatology, and apocalypticism in the letter of James / Patrick J. Hartin
  • Rich and poor in James: an apocalyptic ethic / Patrick A. Tiller
  • City visions, feminine figures, and economic critique: a sapiential Topos in the apocalypse / Barbara R. Rossing
  • "The Basileia of Jesus is on the wood": the Epistle of Barnabas and the ideology of rule / Ellen Bradshaw Aitken.

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