Was There a Wisdom Tradition : New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies.

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Genre Theory and the Wisdom Tradition -- The Modern Scholarly Wisdom Tradition and the Threat of Pan-Sapientialism -- "Grasping After the Wind" -- Three Theses on Wisdom -- Wisdom in the Canon -- Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater -- Deciding the Boundaries of "Wisdom" -- Wisdom, Form and Genre -- Part 2: Case Studies -- Where Can Wisdom Be Found? -- Gattung and Sitz im Leben -- How Wisdom Texts Became Part of the Canon -- Riddles and Parables, Traditions and Texts -- Part 3: Ancient Near Eastern Comparison -- The Contribution of Egyptian Wisdom -- Contributors -- Index of Ancient Works -- Index of Modern Authors.

Essential reading for scholars and students in wisdom studies This collection of essays explores questions that challenge the traditional notion of a wisdom tradition among the Israelite literati, such as: Is the wisdom literature a genre or mode of literature or do we need new terminology? Who were the tradents? Is there such a thing as a "wisdom scribe" and what would that look like? Did the scribes who composed wisdom literature also have a hand in producing the other "traditions," such as the priestly, prophetic, and apocalyptic, as well as other non-sapiential works? Were Israelite sages open to non-sapiential forms of knowledge in their conceptualization of wisdom? Features: Recent genre theory in distinction from traditional form criticismAncient Near Eastern comparative materialA balanced collection that includes essays that seriously challenge and affirm the consensus view, as well as those that reconfigure it.

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