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Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel / edited by Richard J. Clifford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 36.Publication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.Description: xiii, 116 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781589832190 (paper binding : alk. paper)
  • 1589832191 (paper binding : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 223/.06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1455 .W563 2007
Other classification:
  • 11.41
  • 18.70
Contents:
The context of wisdom in Mesopotamia. The social and intellectual setting of Babylonian wisdom literature / Paul-Alain Beaulieu. Why wisdom became a secret : on wisdom as a written genre / Karel van der Toorn -- Studies in Babylonian wisdom texts. An allusion to the Šamaš hymn in the Dialogue of pessimism / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. The wisdom of Šūpê-amēlī--a deathbed debate between a father and son / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- Comparisons of Mesopotamian and biblical texts and motifs. Sages with a sense of humor : the Babylonian Dialogue between the master and his servant and the Book of Qoheleth / Edward L. Greenstein. Cosmos, temple, house : building and wisdom in Mesopotamia and Israel / Raymond C. Van Leeuwen -- Biblical wisdom literature. Beginnings, endings, and life's necessities in biblical wisdom / James L. Crenshaw.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The context of wisdom in Mesopotamia. The social and intellectual setting of Babylonian wisdom literature / Paul-Alain Beaulieu. Why wisdom became a secret : on wisdom as a written genre / Karel van der Toorn -- Studies in Babylonian wisdom texts. An allusion to the Šamaš hymn in the Dialogue of pessimism / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. The wisdom of Šūpê-amēlī--a deathbed debate between a father and son / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- Comparisons of Mesopotamian and biblical texts and motifs. Sages with a sense of humor : the Babylonian Dialogue between the master and his servant and the Book of Qoheleth / Edward L. Greenstein. Cosmos, temple, house : building and wisdom in Mesopotamia and Israel / Raymond C. Van Leeuwen -- Biblical wisdom literature. Beginnings, endings, and life's necessities in biblical wisdom / James L. Crenshaw.

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