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A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical books, early Christian and rabbinic literature, and beyond. Varied and engaging essays provide fresh insights on topics of timeless relevance, exploring the distinct features of instructional texts and discussing their interpretation in both antiquity and the modern world.
Designed for non-specialists, this accessible volume provides readers with balanced coverage of traditional biblical wisdom texts, including Proverbs, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes; lesser-known Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom; and African proverbs. The contributors explore topics ranging from scribes and pedagogy in ancient Israel, to representations of biblical wisdom literature in contemporary cinema. Offering readers a fresh and interesting way to engage with wisdom literature, this book:
Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series, the Companion to Wisdom Literature is a valuable resource for university, seminary and divinity school students and instructors, scholars and researchers, and general readers with interest in the subject.
Samuel L. Adams is the Mary Jane and John F. McNair Chair of Biblical Studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary. He received his PhD from Yale University in 2006. He is the author of monographs on wisdom literature and economics in the biblical world, and editor of the journal Interpretation.
Matthew Goff is Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. His research focuses on the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism. He has written extensively on the sapiential and apocalyptic literature of ancient Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Notes on Contributors viii
Acknowledgments xiii
Abbreviations xiv
Editors’ Introduction 1Samuel L. Adams and Matthew Goff
I. Texts 11
1 Proverbs 13Jacqueline Vayntrub
2 Job 30Davis Hankins
3 Ecclesiastes 49Jennie Grillo
4 Psalms 67William P. Brown
5 Sirach/Ben Sira 87Bradley C. Gregory
6 Wisdom of Solomon 104Randall D. Chesnutt
7 Wisdom Texts From the Dead Sea Scrolls 122Elisa Uusimäki
8 Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint (LXX) 139Patrick Pouchelle
II. Themes 157
9 The Figure of Solomon 159Blake A. Jurgens
10 Female Imagery in Wisdom Literature 177Tova Forti
11 Scribes and Pedagogy in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism 195Matthew Goff
12 God in Wisdom Literature 213James L. Crenshaw
13 Jewish Wisdom in the Contest of Hellenistic Philosophy and Culture: Pseudo‐Phocylides and Philo of Alexandria 229Michael Cover
14 Wisdom and Apocalypticism 248Jason M. Zurawski
15 The Orality of Wisdom Literature 267Timothy J. Sandoval
III. Antecedents 287
16 Ahiqar and Other Legendary Sages 289Seth A. Bledsoe
17 Wisdom Literature in Egypt 310Samuel L. Adams
18 Mesopotamian Wisdom 328Nili Samet
IV. Reception 349
19 Wisdom in the New Testament 351Benjamin Wold
20 Wisdom and the Rabbis 368Ari Mermelstein
21 The Wisdom Tradition in Early Christianity through Late Antiquity 389Carson Bay
22 Jewish Sapiential Traditions in the Nag Hammadi Library 412Dylan M. Burns
23 The Sapiential Books in the Latin Middle Ages 429Gilbert Dahan
24 The Reception History of Job 447Mark Larrimore
25 Wisdom from African Proverbs Meets Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs 464Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele)
26 Cinematic Wisdom: Film and Biblical Wisdom Literature 479Matthew S. Rindge
Index 496
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