Najman, Hindy. <br/><br/>
Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (245 pages) 
 - Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Series ;  v.174 .
 - Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category? -- The Theme of Long-Range Planning in the Joseph Narrative and Some Second Temple Period Writings -- A Reflection on the Nature of Wisdom -- Spiritual Formation in Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Teaching -- Ben Sira and Hellenistic Literature in Greek -- Sage as Prophet? Allusion and Reconfiguration in Ben Sira and Other Second Temple Wisdom Texts -- Sages and Saints: Continuous Study and Transformation in Musar le-Mevin and Serek ha-Yaḥad -- Searching for Wisdom in and beyond 4QInstruction -- The Simple Bare Necessities: Is Pss. Sol. 5a Wisdom Prayer? -- Pirqé Avot and Wisdom Tradition -- The Wisdom Tradition in Rabbinic Literature and Mishnah Avot -- Manuals of Mantic Wisdom: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Cairo Genizah -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Authors. 
<br/><br/> This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004324688 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wisdom literature-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1455 .T733 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>223.06