Wisdom in Israel

by Von Rad, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9781563380716
• ISBN10: 1563380714
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

This classic text, the last major work by the great Hebrew Bible scholar Gerhard von Rad, has long been unavailable in North America. It is now being reissued in paperback from to satisfy the continuing demand for copies of the book.

Table of Contents

Preface
Translator's Note
Abbreviations
The Problem	p. 3
Centres and Transmitters of the Didactic Traditions	p. 15
The Forms in which Knowledge is Expressed	p. 24
The Literary Proverb	p. 25
Other Forms of Didactic Poetry	p. 34
Knowledge and the Fear of God	p. 53
The Significance of Orders for Correct Social Behaviour	p. 74
Limits of Wisdom	p. 97
The Essentials for Coping with Reality	p. 113
The Expression of the Actual and the Search for Analogies	p. 115
Cause and Effect. The Act-Consequence Relationship	p. 124
The Doctrine of the Proper Time	p. 138
The Self-Revelation of Creation	p. 144
Wisdom Immanent in the World	p. 145
The Call	p. 157
Intellectual Love	p. 166
The Polemic against Idols	p. 177
Wisdom and Cult (Excursus)	p. 186
Trust and Attack	p. 190
The Basis of Trust	p. 190
Answers to Experiences of Suffering	p. 195
The Book of Job	p. 206
Ecclesiastes	p. 226
Epilogue to Job and Ecclesiastes	p. 237
The Wisdom of Jesus Sirach	p. 240
The Divine Determination of Times (Excursus)	p. 263
Conclusion	p. 287
Index of Key Words	p. 321
Index of Passages	p. 322
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