Tree of Life
An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature
Published on 28. January 2002
249 pages
978-1-4674-2759-3 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research.This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting this literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel's search for wisdom throughout its tumultuous history. Murphy looks at each wisdom book individually -- Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament. His careful investigations expose the various guises that wisdom adopts -- the "e;fear of the Lord,"e; moral formation, the universality of human experience, the mysteries of creation, and others.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Third Edition
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Proverbs - The Wisdom of Words
- 3. Job the Steadfast
- 4. Qoheleth the Skeptic
- 5. Ben Sira - Wisdom's Traditionalist
- 6. The Wisdom of Solomon - A View from the Diaspora
- 7. Wisdom's Echoes
- 8. Wisdom Literature and Theology
- 9. Lady Wisdom
- Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Selected and Annotated Bibliography
- Supplement
- Millennium Supplement
