TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clifford,Richard J.
TI  - Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel
T2  - Society of Biblical Literature symposium series
SN  - 9781589832190 (paper binding : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1455 .W563 2007
U1  - 223/.06 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Atlanta
PB  - Society of Biblical Literature
KW  - Wisdom literature
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Assyro-Babylonian literature
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 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
ER  -