Wisdom in Ancient Israel

• Author(s): John Day, Robert P. Gordon, Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 311
• ISBN_10: 0521624894
  ISBN_13: 9780521624893
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , History / Middle East / Israel & Palestine , Philosophy / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General , Religion / Judaism / History ,

Description:... Divided: wisdom in Old Testament narrative traditions / Robert P. Gordon -- Wisdom in Solomonic historiography / André Lemaire -- Amos and wisdom / J.A. Soggin -- Hosea and the wisdom tradition: dependence and independence / A.A. Macintosh -- Isaiah and the wise / H.G.M. Williamson -- Jeremiah and the wise / William McKane -- The wisdom psalms / R.N. Whybray -- Wisdom and Daniel / B.A. Mastin -- Ecclesiasticus: a tract for the times / John G. Snaith -- The Christian use and the Jewish origins of the Wisdom of Solomon / William Horbury. Pt. 3. Themes : Were there schools in ancient Israel? / G.I. Davies -- The trees, the beasts and the birds: fables, parables and allegories in the O.