| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and its Influence -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Scholarly Path to Writing this Book -- The Shape of this Book -- Canon, Intertexts, and Genre in Recent Debate -- The Theme of Creation in the Quest for 'wisdom' and Intertextual Connections -- The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' -- PART 1: DEFINING WISDOM IN RELATION TO THE SOLOMONIC CORPUS -- Chapter 1: Deciding the Boundaries of 'Wisdom': Applying the Concept of Family Resemblance -- Classifying 'Wisdom' -- Genre Criteria -- An Alternative to Form Criticism? |
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An Alternative to 'Wisdom'? -- Questions of Social Context -- A Wisdom 'Core' -- A 'Wisdom Family'? -- Solomonic Wisdom -- An Intertextual Afterthought -- Chapter 2: The 'Wisdom' Continuum of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (without Job) -- Job as 'Outlier' -- Proverbs and Ecclesiastes as Central 'Core' -- Formal Links -- A Continuum of Ideas -- Wisdom and Folly -- Wider Implications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Third Solomonic Book: Does the Song of Songs have any Connections to 'Wisdom'? -- Solomonic Attribution and References to the King -- Editorial Links with the Wisdom Genre |
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Relationship to Wisdom Motifs and Female Configurations in Proverbs -- Links with Woman Wisdom -- Links with the Loose Woman -- Other Areas of Connection with Wisdom Motifs -- Conclusion -- PART 2: SOLOMON'S WISDOM -- Chapter 4: 'The Lord Loved Him': Solomon as Idealized Character and Paradigm for Character Ethics -- Following in David's Footsteps -- A Pedagogical Narrative -- Solomon's 'Wise' Early Years: Passive or Active? -- Scholarly Evaluations of the I Kings 1-11 Narrative -- Solomon's 'Wisdom' -- 'Wise' Temple Building -- Wisdom Exchange: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba |
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The 'Solomonic' Collection -- Chapter 5: Solomon's Wisdom and the Egyptian Connection -- Walter Brueggemann's Assessment -- A Time of Transition -- Solomon's Egyptian Connections -- Other International Connections -- Wisdom and Administration -- The Wisdom Connection -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Roots of Solomonic 'Wisdom' in the Pre-exilic Period (Focusing on Proverbs) -- A Literary-Historical Approach -- A Theological Approach -- A Comparative Approach -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Scribes, Sages, and Seers in the First Temple -- Categories of Literate Persons |
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Scribes in the Israelite Bureaucracy -- Sages in the Israelite Courts -- Seers/Mantic Sages in First Temple Judah -- Conclusion -- PART 3: SOLOMONIC 'WISDOM' INFLUENCE ON PSALMIC AND PROPHETIC TEXTS: LITERARY AND CONTEXTUAL -- Chapter 8: 'I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre' (Psalm 49: 4 [5]): A Cultic Setting for Wisdom Psalms? -- Non-cultic Psalms? -- Cult and Education -- Cultic Indications in 'Wisdom' Texts -- Theological Criteria Linking to Creation Ideas -- Chapter 9: 'By me kings reign and rulers declare what is just' (Prov 8:15): Isaiah 1-39 and Wisdom |
| Summary |
Solomon is the figurehead who holds the family of 'wisdom' texts together. Intertextuality places fresh texts alongside the Solomonic corpus to show how Solomon is the lynch-pin that holds 'wisdom' in its core texts and wider influence together |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 02, 2020) |
| Subject |
Solomon, King of Israel.
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| SUBJECT |
Solomon, King of Israel fast |
| Subject |
Wisdom in the Bible.
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Wisdom in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192605993 |
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0192605992 |
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9780192606006 |
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019260600X |
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