Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism
This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions.
| Summary: | This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions. Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category? -- The Theme of Long-Range Planning in the Joseph Narrative and Some Second Temple Period Writings -- A Reflection on the Nature of Wisdom -- Spiritual Formation in Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Teaching -- Ben Sira and Hellenistic Literature in Greek -- Sage as Prophet? Allusion and Reconfiguration in Ben Sira and Other Second Temple Wisdom Texts -- Sages and Saints: Continuous Study and Transformation in Musar le-Mevin and Serek ha-Yaḥad -- Searching for Wisdom in and beyond 4QInstruction -- The Simple Bare Necessities: Is Pss. Sol. 5a Wisdom Prayer? -- Pirqé Avot and Wisdom Tradition -- The Wisdom Tradition in Rabbinic Literature and Mishnah Avot -- Manuals of Mantic Wisdom: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Cairo Genizah -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Authors. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (245 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-32468-8 |
