Exploring Old Testament Wisdom
Literature And Themes
Published on 17. November 2016
248 pages
978-1-78359-483-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume surveys recent developments in the study of Old Testament wisdom; discusses issues that have arisen in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes; examines the Song of Songs, Ruth and some Psalms as wisdom texts; and explores wisdom and biblical theology, the concept of retribution, and the issue of divine absence.
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an illuminating and, in places, inspiring read * Evangelicals Now *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-483-2 (9781783594832)
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11/2016
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Person
David G. Firth is Tutor in Old Testament and Undergraduate Academic Lead at Trinity College Bristol and a Research Associate of the University of the Free State.
Content
- Intro
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson
- PART 1:
- THE STUDY OF WISDOM TODAY
- 1. OLD TESTAMENT WISDOM TODAY
- Craig G. Bartholomew
- PART 2:
- THE WISDOM LITERATURE
- 2. THE BOOK OF PROVERBS: SOME CURRENT ISSUES
- Ernest C. Lucas
- 3. JOB AS A PROBLEMATIC BOOK
- Lindsay Wilson
- 4. READING ECCLESIASTES WITH THE SCHOLARS
- Katharine J. Dell
- 5. SEEKING WISDOM IN THE SONG OF SONGS
- Rosalind Clarke
- PART 3:
- THEMES
- 6. IS RUTH ALSO AMONG THE WISE?
- Gregory Goswell
- 7. RETRIBUTION AND WISDOM LITERATURE
- Lennart Boström
- 8. WORRYING ABOUT THE WISE: WISDOM IN OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVE
- David G. Firth
- 9. WISDOM AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
- Christopher B. Ansberry
- 10. 'CHILDREN, LISTEN TO ME': THE VOICING OF WISDOM IN THE PSALMS
- Simon P. Stocks
- 11. 'OH, THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM': ASPECTS OF DIVINE ABSENCE IN PROVERBS, JOB AND ECCLESIASTES
- Brittany N. Melton
- SEARCH NAMES FOR AUTHORS
- SEARCH ITEMS FOR SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
- Notes
