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9781608990306

Prophets and Wise Men

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  • ISBN13:

    9781608990306

  • ISBN10:

    1608990303

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-10-01
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

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Author Biography

William McKane was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1921 and was educated at the universities of St. Andrews and Glasgow. From 1941-1945 he served in the Royal Air Force. He was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1949 and was Minister in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, from 1949-1953. He was Assistant in Hebrew at the University of Glasgow from 1953-1956 and was Lecturer in Hebrew since 1956. He was author of I and II Samuel in the Torch Bible Commentaries.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. 7
Abbreviationsp. 9
Old Wisdom and the Case of Ahithophel
Introductoryp. 13
Wisdom and Statesmanshipp. 15
Writing and Statesmanshipp. 23
On the Definition of Old Wisdomp. 48
The Case of Ahithophelp. 55
The Prophetic Use of the Vocabulary of Wisdom
The Attack on Old Wisdomp. 65
Wisdom and Power belong to Yahweh Alonep. 79
The Prophetic Reinterpretation of the Vocabulary of Wisdomp. 86
Wisdom as Esoteric Knowledgep. 94
Jeremiah and Pre-exilic Legal Pietyp. 102
Conclusionp. 113
Index of Author's Namesp. 131
Index of Biblical Referencesp. 133
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