The personification of wisdom /
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| Author / Creator: | Sinnott, Alice M. |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2005. |
| Description: | x, 208 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monograph series (Society for Old Testament Study Monograph series (Society for Old Testament Study) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5814903 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Origins of Personified Wisdom
- Introduction
- Historical approaches
- Sociological approaches
- Wisdom's biblical origins
- Wisdom's Egyptian connections
- Wisdom's Mesopotamian connections
- Conclusions
- Wisdom Responds to a Crisis
- Introduction
- Response to Exile: Israelites' situation after 587 BCE
- Wisdom's role in Proverbs 1-9
- Wisdom's prophetic echoes in Prov 1:20-33
- Wisdom affirms the presence of YHWH
- Wisdom, Where Shall She Be Found?: Introduction
- Dating Job 28 and Baruch 3:9-4:4
- Elusive Wisdom in Job 28 and Baruch 3:9-4:4
- Wisdom is God's gift to Israel
- How the poems function
- Wisdom: An Enduring Heritage
- Introduction
- Sirach 24: historical and literary contexts
- A study of the text of Sirach 24
- Wisdom's role and function in Sirach 24
- Personified Wisdom as Saviour
- Introduction
- Historical and social contexts of the Book of Wisdom
- Adherence to the Torah
- A Jewish/Hellenistic Wisdom figure
- Wisdom's function and role in Wis 6:22-10:21
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
