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9780664221096

Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age

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  • ISBN13:

    9780664221096

  • ISBN10:

    0664221092

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-10-01
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

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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

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