Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism

Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism / edited by Hindy Najman, Jean-Sébastien Rey, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar.

"This volume is intended to problematize and challenge current conceptions of the category of "Wisdom" and to reconsider the scope, breadth and Nachleben of ancient Jewish Sapiential traditions. It considers the formal features and conceptual underpinnings of wisdom throughout the cor...

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Other Authors: Najman, Hindy (Editor), Rey, Jean-Sébastien (Editor), Tigchelaar, Eibert J. C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 174.
Subjects:
Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
Wisdom literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category?
  • The Theme of Long-Range Planning in the Joseph Narrative and Some Second Temple Period Writings
  • A Reflection on the Nature of Wisdom
  • Spiritual Formation in Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Teaching
  • Ben Sira and Hellenistic Literature in Greek
  • Sage as Prophet? Allusion and Reconfiguration in Ben Sira and Other Second Temple Wisdom Texts
  • Sages and Saints: Continuous Study and Transformation in Musar le-Mevin and Serek ha-Yaḥad
  • Searching for Wisdom in and beyond 4QInstruction
  • The Simple Bare Necessities: Is Pss. Sol. 5a Wisdom Prayer?
  • Pirqé Avot and Wisdom Tradition
  • The Wisdom Tradition in Rabbinic Literature and Mishnah Avot
  • Manuals of Mantic Wisdom: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Cairo Genizah
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Authors.

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