Wisdom: The Collected Articles of Norman Whybray

by Barker,Margaret; Dell,Katharine

• ISBN13: 9780754639176
• ISBN10: 0754639177
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of articles confirms Norman Whybray's place as one of of the foremost contributors to scholarship on wisdom literature in the last three decades of the twentieth century. A former President of the Society for Old Testament Study and winner of the British Academy's Burkitt Medal, Whybray wrote extensively on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and his interests extended to Job, Ben Sira and wider areas of concern such as the relationship of wisdom to other Old Testament books and genres. Including a Preface by David Clines and an Introduction by Katharine J. Dell, this collection brings together for the first time all of Norman Whybray's articles in this subject, thus not only inspiring afresh but also providing a useful resource for scholars interested in that enigmatic group of writings that make up the wisdom literature of the Old Testament.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Foreword: Making Waves Gently: The Contribution of Norman Whybray to British Old Testament Scholarship	xi
David J.A. Clines
Introduction: An Overview of Norman Whybray's Wisdom Articles	xxvii
Katharine J. Dell
I Introductory Wisdom Articles
1 Proverbs, Book of	3	(3)
2 Slippery Words: IV Wisdom	6	(4)
3 Ecclesiastes	10	(2)
4 Wisdom Literature	12	(7)
II Proverbs
5 Proverbs VIII 22-31 and its Supposed Prototypes	19	(11)
6 Some Literary Problems in Proverbs I-IX	30	(15)
7 Yahweh-sayings and their Contexts in Proverbs, 10, 1-22,16	45	(13)
8 Poverty, Wealth, and Point of View in Proverbs	58	(5)
9 Thoughts on the Composition of Proverbs 10-29	63	(13)
10 The Structure and Composition of Proverbs 22:17-24:22	76	(17)
III Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth
11 Qoheleth the Immoralist? (Qoh. 7:16-17)	93	(14)
12 Conservatisme et radicalisme dans Qohelet	107	(17)
13 The Identification and Use of Quotations in Ecclesiastes	124	(17)
14 Qoheleth, Preacher of Joy	141	(12)
15 Ecclesiastes 1.5-7 and the Wonders of Nature	153	(8)
16 'A Time to be Born and a Time to Die'. Some Observations on Ecclesiastes 3:2-8	161	(18)
IV Job
17 Two Jewish Thelogies: Job and Ecclesiastes	179	(15)
18 Wisdom, Suffering and the Freedom of God in the Book of Job	194	(17)
V Ecclesiasticus/Ben Sira
19 Ben Sira and History	211	(12)
VI The Social Context of Wisdom
20 Wisdom Literature in the Reigns of David and Solomon	223	(14)
21 The Social World of the Wisdom Writers	237	(24)
22 The Sage in the Israelite Royal Court	261	(10)
VII Wisdom in Relation to Prophets and Psalms
23 Prophecy and Wisdom	271	(19)
24 The Wisdom Psalms	290	(9)
25 Psalm 119: Profile of a Psalmist	299	(16)
VIII Linking up with a Wider Theological Theme
26 "Shall Not the Judge of All the Earth Do What Is Just?" God's Oppression of the Innocent in the Old Testament	315	(20)
Index	335