Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age

by Collins, John Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780664221096
• ISBN10: 0664221092
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Jewish wisdom flourished under Hellenism in the books of Ben Sira and the wisdom of Solomon, as well as in a recently discovered sapiential text from Qumran. In this book, internationally known author John Collins presents a compelling description and analysis of these three texts and their continuing wisdom traditions.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix	(1)
Abbreviations	x
Chapter 1. Where Is Wisdom to Be Found?	1	(20)
PART ONE. HEBREW WISDOM	21	(112)
Chapter 2. Ben Sira in His Hellenistic Context	23	(19)
Chapter 3. Wisdom and the Law	42	(20)
Chapter 4. Ben Sira's Ethics	62	(18)
Chapter 5. The Problem of Evil and the Justice of God	80	(17)
Chapter 6. The History and Destiny of Israel	97	(15)
Chapter 7. Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls	112	(21)
PART TWO. WISDOM IN THE HELLENISTIC DIASPORA	133	(100)
Chapter 8. The Diaspora Setting	135	(23)
Chapter 9. Jewish Ethics in Hellenistic Dress: The Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides	158	(20)
Chapter 10. Wisdom and Immortality	178	(18)
Chapter 11. Wisdom and the Cosmos	196	(26)
Chapter 12. Epilogue: From Hebrew Wisdom to Greek Philosophy	222	(11)
Bibliography	233	(24)
Index of Passages	257	(14)
Index of Authors	271