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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature

Suzanna R Millar editor Katherine J Dell editor Arthur Jan Keefer editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Jun '22

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An essential guide to wisdom texts, and the major changes in the approach to different biblical and non-biblical wisdom books.

This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. The twenty-two contributions provide a wide-ranging overview of biblical and non-biblical wisdom literature.Study of the wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible and the contemporary cultures in the ancient Near Eastern world is evolving rapidly as old definitions and assumptions are questioned. Scholars are now interrogating the role of oral culture, the rhetoric of teaching and didacticism, the understanding of genre, and the relationship of these factors to the corpus of writings. The scribal culture in which wisdom literature arose is also under investigation, alongside questions of social context and character formation. This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. Reflecting new interpretive approaches, including virtue ethics and intertextuality, the volume includes essays by an international team of leading scholars. They engage with the texts, provide authoritative summaries of the state of the field, and open up to readers the exciting world of biblical wisdom.

'… a splendid “Companion” to this body of literature.' John Jarick, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

ISBN: 9781108483162

Dimensions: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm

Weight: 905g

375 pages