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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sneed, Mark R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2015.
Subjects:
Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Littérature sapientiale > Critique, interprétation, etc.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > History & Culture.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
Wisdom literature.
Bible / Old Testament / Criticism, interpretation, etc
Dead Sea scrolls
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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