“Ḥokma of the Hands” in early Jewish sapiential tradition and the Letter of James

In early Jewish wisdom literature, a Hebrew idiom occurs that combines “hands” with “wisdom.” This construct has been overwhelmingly translated along the lines of “manual wisdom” and implying craftsmanship or the work of an artisan. This article examines “wisdom of the hands” and argues that its mea...

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1. VerfasserIn: Wold, Benjamin G. 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage 2020
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Jahr: 2020, Band: 30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 74-86
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B 4QInstruction / Weisheitsliteratur / Hand / Macht / Bibel. Jakobusbrief 1,22
RelBib Classification:BH Judentum
HB Altes Testament
weitere Schlagwörter:B semitic idioms
B Wisdom
B James
B Ben Sira
B Qumran
B sapiential literature
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Zusammenfassung:In early Jewish wisdom literature, a Hebrew idiom occurs that combines “hands” with “wisdom.” This construct has been overwhelmingly translated along the lines of “manual wisdom” and implying craftsmanship or the work of an artisan. This article examines “wisdom of the hands” and argues that its meaning relates to acting wisely, as distinguished from merely acquiring knowledge or cognitive assent, and is used especially in the context of wielding authority. As such, this idiom may inform another rare expression, namely being “doers of the word” and not only “hearers” in James 1:22.
ISSN:1745-5286
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820720949456