Urgent Advice and Probing Questions: Collected Writings on Old Testament WisdomMercer University Press, 1995 - 605 sider |
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Side xi
... things somewhat differently now than years ago . Nowhere do I detect any compelling reason for radically altering the arguments or conclusions contained in these essays . Nor have I tried to improve the style of the essays , although at ...
... things somewhat differently now than years ago . Nowhere do I detect any compelling reason for radically altering the arguments or conclusions contained in these essays . Nor have I tried to improve the style of the essays , although at ...
Side 2
... things , including both language and thought , suggest the sixth century B.C.E. or slightly later . Themes , Literary Type , and Function . In general , wisdom literature comprises two quite distinct types : brief observations about the ...
... things , including both language and thought , suggest the sixth century B.C.E. or slightly later . Themes , Literary Type , and Function . In general , wisdom literature comprises two quite distinct types : brief observations about the ...
Side 4
... things : a good name , longevity , wealth , wise children . Believing that the creator had implanted within the universe the secrets to success , these sages looked for analogies that unlocked the doors to such insight . Observation of ...
... things : a good name , longevity , wealth , wise children . Believing that the creator had implanted within the universe the secrets to success , these sages looked for analogies that unlocked the doors to such insight . Observation of ...
Side 8
... things , whereas a king's glory lies in searching them out . In general , the thrust of the sayings in the Book of Proverbs has a universal quality . Similar aphorisms exist in Egyptian wisdom and , to a lesser extent , in Mesopotamian ...
... things , whereas a king's glory lies in searching them out . In general , the thrust of the sayings in the Book of Proverbs has a universal quality . Similar aphorisms exist in Egyptian wisdom and , to a lesser extent , in Mesopotamian ...
Side 9
... things right and establish his innocence . At last , despairing of assistance from his friends , Job utters an oath of innocence highly reminiscent of Egyptian cultic practice and challenges God to slay him or confirm his oath of purity ...
... things right and establish his innocence . At last , despairing of assistance from his friends , Job utters an oath of innocence highly reminiscent of Egyptian cultic practice and challenges God to slay him or confirm his oath of purity ...
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Wisdom Literature Retrospect and Prospect | 78 |
Studies in Ancient Israelite Wisdom Prolegomenon | 90 |
Introduction The Shift from Theodicy to Anthropodicy | 141 |
The Problem of Theodicy in Sirach On Human Bondage | 155 |
Popular Questioning of the Justice of God in Ancient Israel | 175 |
Clanging Symbols | 371 |
A Mothers Instruction to Her Son Proverbs 3119 | 383 |
Poverty and Punishment in the Book of Proverbs | 396 |
The Sage in Proverbs | 406 |
Prohibitions in Proverbs and Qoheleth | 417 |
Job | 426 |
Job the Silent or Job the Affirmer? | 449 |
When Form and Content Clash The Theology of Job 381405 | 455 |
The Concept of God in Old Testament Wisdom | 191 |
The Restraint of Reason the Humility of Prayer | 206 |
The Contest of Dariuss Guards in 1 Esdras 3153 | 222 |
Education in Ancient Israel | 235 |
The Contemplative Life | 250 |
Impossible Questions Sayings and Tasks | 265 |
The Expression in the Hebrew Bible | 279 |
The Acquisition of Knowledge in Israelite Wisdom Literature | 292 |
Wisdom in Israel Gerhard von Rad A Review | 300 |
Method in Determining Wisdom Influence upon Historical Literature | 312 |
Wisdom and Authority Sapiential Rhetoric and Its Warrants | 326 |
Murphys Axiom Every Gnomic Saying Needs a Balancing Corrective | 344 |
Proverbs | 355 |
The High Cost of Preserving Gods Honor | 468 |
Job as Drama | 477 |
In Search of Divine Presence | 481 |
Ecclesiastes Qoheleth | 499 |
Qoheleth in Current Research | 520 |
Youth and Old Age in Qoheleth | 535 |
The Eternal Gospel Ecclesiastes 311 | 548 |
The Shadow of Death in Qoheleth | 573 |
The Perils of Specializing in Wisdom What I Have Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching | 586 |
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Agur Ancient Israel Ancient Near East appears argument Babylonian Ben Sira Bible biblical Book of Job Book of Proverbs Buch BZAW claim context creation creation theology creator Crenshaw death deity dialogue didactic discussion divine speeches Egypt Egyptian wisdom emphasizes essay evil existence expression faith function Gerhard von Rad God's Hebrew Hebrew Bible Hiob human instruction interpreters Israelite Wisdom Job's justice king knowledge language literary Lord Ma'at meaning Mesopotamia Murphy narrative nature Neukirchener occurs Old Testament person prayer Prediger Press problem prophetic Prov Psalms punishment Qoheleth Rad's reality religious response retribution riddle royal sages Sagesse sapiential sayings Schmid scholars Sira Sirach Studien suffering Sumerian teachers teaching texts theme theodicy theology things thinking thought tradition Ugarit understanding universe verse VTSup Weisheit Whybray Wisdom in Israel wisdom influence wisdom literature Wisdom of Solomon wise word Yahweh Yahwism York
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