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The social world of the sages : an introduction to Israelite and Jewish wisdom literature /

Is there evidence for a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel? Mark R. Sneed redefines the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books that educated scribal apprentices in moral instruction. Sneed discusses the data for scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Ne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sneed, Mark R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nature of wisdom and its practitioners
  • The world and worldview of the wise: an anthropological approach
  • Scribalism in Egypt and Mesopotamia
  • Western periphery scribalism
  • Israelite scribalism and the place of wisdom literature within it
  • The wisdom corpus as a mode of literature
  • The poetics, axiology, and rhetoric of wisdom literature
  • Social world of the sages
  • The book of Proverbs
  • The book of Job
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Sirach and Sapientia
  • Wisdom Psalms and the Dead Sea Scroll wisdom literature.