Israel's poets and sages left a scriptural legacy that has powerfully shaped the worship, thoughts and actions of the people of God. In the highs and lows and crossroads of life, we instinctively turn to their poetry, proverbs and discourses for the language we do not possess and the wisdom we despe
Exploring Old Testament Wisdom : Literature and Themes.
β Scribed by David Firth
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 199
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson
PART 1:
THE STUDY OF WISDOM TODAY
1. OLD TESTAMENT WISDOM TODAY
Craig G. Bartholomew
PART 2:
THE WISDOM LITERATURE
2. THE BOOK OF PROVERBS: SOME CURRENT ISSUES
Ernest C. Lucas
3. JOB AS A PROBLEMATIC BOOK
Lindsay Wilson
4. READING ECCLESIASTES WITH THE SCHOLARS
Katharine J. Dell
5. SEEKING WISDOM IN THE SONG OF SONGS
Rosalind Clarke
PART 3:
THEMES
6. IS RUTH ALSO AMONG THE WISE?
Gregory Goswell
7. RETRIBUTION AND WISDOM LITERATURE
Lennart BostroΜm 8. WORRYING ABOUT THE WISE: WISDOM IN OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVEDavid G. Firth
9. WISDOM AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
Christopher B. Ansberry
10. 'CHILDREN, LISTEN TO ME': THE VOICING OF WISDOM IN THE PSALMS
Simon P. Stocks
11. 'OH, THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM': ASPECTS OF DIVINE ABSENCE IN PROVERBS, JOB AND ECCLESIASTES
Brittany N. Melton
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Notes
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