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Title Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism / edited by Hindy Najman, Jean-Sébastien Rey, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 239 pages)
Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 174
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 174.
Contents 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
Summary "This volume is intended to problematize and challenge current conceptions of the category of "Wisdom" and to reconsider the scope, breadth and Nachleben of ancient Jewish Sapiential traditions. It considers the formal features and conceptual underpinnings of wisdom throughout the corpus of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hellenistic Jewish texts, Rabbinic texts, and the Cairo Geniza. It also situates ancient Jewish Wisdom in its Near Eastern context, as well as in the context of Hellenistic conceptions of the Sage. Contributors are: Stuart Weeks, James Kugel, Stéphanie Anthonioz, Elisa Uusimäki, Benjamin G. Wright, Samuel L. Adams, Arjen Bakker, Matthew Goff, Patrick Pouchelle, Maurice Gilbert, Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Gideon Bohak"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2016)
Subject Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
Wisdom literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Najman, Hindy, editor
Rey, Jean-Sébastien, editor
Tigchelaar, Eibert J. C., editor
LC no. 2016026736
ISBN 9789004324688
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