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Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004324688
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient JudaismDDC classification:
  • 223.06
LOC classification:
  • BS1455 .T733 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions.
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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.

This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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