The Wisdom Of The Aramaic Book Of Ahiqar

Author : Seth Bledsoe
Publisher : Supplements to the Journal for
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004473114

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The Wisdom of the Aramaic Book of Ahiqar by Seth Bledsoe Pdf

"This book offers fresh readings of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar, an oft underappreciated ancient wisdom text. In undertaking a comprehensive literary analysis, incorporating both the drama and the sayings together, Bledsoe shows that Ahiqar's didactic impulse is founded on a sense of uncertainty about life, offering advice for those in times of distress, much like the titular character himself. While Ahiqar shares many features with instructional literature like Proverbs, the ambiguous cosmic and social order imagined in the text resonate more strongly with the likes of Qoheleth or Job. Bledsoe also takes seriously the Elephantine context, suggesting that the social and political ethic evinced by the work would have resonated strongly with the Judean community in Achaemenid Egypt"--

Author : James M. Lindenberger
Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000128786369

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The Aramaic Proverbs of Ahiqar by James M. Lindenberger Pdf

Author : Seth A. Bledsoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1402474460

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Wisdom in distress by Seth A. Bledsoe Pdf

Author : Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare,James Rendel Harris,Agnes Smith Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Comparative literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044084558170

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The Story of Aḥiḳar from the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Greek and Slavonic Versions by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare,James Rendel Harris,Agnes Smith Lewis Pdf

Author : John Day,Robert P. Gordon,Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052142013X

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Wisdom in Ancient Israel by John Day,Robert P. Gordon,Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson Pdf

In this collection, an international group of specialists considers the nature of wisdom in relation to the thought world of the ancient Near East and its impact on the rest of the Old Testament. In addition to full coverage of the wisdom books and other literature most frequently thought to have been influenced by them, thematic studies also introduce the principal comparative sources among Israel's neighbors and discuss the place of wisdom in Israelite religion, theology and society.

Author : Samuel L. Adams,Matthew Goff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781119158271

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature by Samuel L. Adams,Matthew Goff Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical books, early Christian and rabbinic literature, and beyond. Varied and engaging essays provide fresh insights on topics of timeless relevance, exploring the distinct features of instructional texts and discussing their interpretation in both antiquity and the modern world. Designed for non-specialists, this accessible volume provides readers with balanced coverage of traditional biblical wisdom texts, including Proverbs, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes; lesser-known Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom; and African proverbs. The contributors explore topics ranging from scribes and pedagogy in ancient Israel, to representations of biblical wisdom literature in contemporary cinema. Offering readers a fresh and interesting way to engage with wisdom literature, this book: Discusses sapiential books and traditions in various historical and cultural contexts Offers up-to-date discussion on the study of the biblical wisdom books Features essays on the history of interpretation and theological reception Includes essays covering the antecedents and afterlife of the texts Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series, the Companion to Wisdom Literature is a valuable resource for university, seminary and divinity school students and instructors, scholars and researchers, and general readers with interest in the subject.

Author : Jiseong James Kwon,Seth Bledsoe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783111069579

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Between Wisdom and Torah by Jiseong James Kwon,Seth Bledsoe Pdf

Previous scholars have largely approached Wisdom and Torah in the Second Temple Period through a type of reception history, whereby the two concepts have been understood as signifiers of independent, earlier “biblical” streams of tradition that later came together in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, largely under the process of a so-called “torahization” of wisdom. Recent studies critiquing the nature of wisdom and wisdom literature as operative categories for understanding scribal cultures in early Judaism, as well as newer approaches to conceptualizing Torah and authorizing-compositional practices related to the Pentateuchal texts, however, have challenged the foundations on which the previous models of Wisdom and Torah rested. This volume, therefore, brings together several essays that aim to reexamine and rethink the ways we can describe the developments of texts categorized as “Wisdom” that proliferated during the Second Temple Period and whose contents point to an engagement with a “Torah” discourse. By asking anew the question of whether “Wisdom” was transformed by/into “Torah” during this period, this volume offers reformulations on the discursive space between Wisdom and Torah through analyzing new identifications, confluences, and transformations.

Author : Mette Bundvad,Kasper Siegismund
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004413733

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Vision, Narrative, and Wisdom in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran by Mette Bundvad,Kasper Siegismund Pdf

The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran have attracted increasing interest in recent years. These texts predate the “sectarian” Dead Sea scrolls, and they are contemporary with the youngest parts of the Hebrew Bible. They offer a unique glimpse into the situation before the biblical canons were closed. Their highly creative Jewish authors reshaped and rewrote biblical traditions to cope with the concerns of their own time. The essays in this volume examine this fascinating ancient literature from a variety of different perspectives. The book grew out of an international symposium held at the University of Copenhagen in August 2017.

Author : James M. Lindenberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Aramaic language
ISBN : OCLC:633876965

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The aramaic proverbs of Ahiqar by James M. Lindenberger Pdf

Author : James H. Charlesworth
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 2111 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781598564891

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The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by James H. Charlesworth Pdf

Key second-temple texts with introductions and notes by an international team of scholars--now available in affordable softcover bindings. The writers of the Bible lived in a world filled with many writings. Some of these documents are lost forever, but many have been preserved. Part of these extant sources are the Pseudepigrapha. This collection of Jewish and Christian writings shed light on early Judaism and Christianity and their doctrines. This landmark set includes all 65 Pseudepigraphical documents from the intertestamental period that reveal the ongoing development of Judaism and the roots from which the Christian religion took its beliefs. A scholarly authority on each text contributes a translation, introduction, and critical notes for each text. Volume 2 includes expansions of the "Old Testament" legends, wisdom, and philosophical literature; prayers, psalms, and odes; and fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works. Contributors include E. Isaac, B.M. Metzger, J.R. Mueller, S.E. Robinson, D.J. Harrington, G.T. Zervos, and many others. Of enormous value to scholars and students, religious professionals and interested laypeople. Part of Anchor Yale Reference Library.

Author : John Day,Robert P. Gordon,Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0521624894

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Wisdom in Ancient Israel by John Day,Robert P. Gordon,Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson Pdf

In this collection, an international group of specialists considers the nature of wisdom in relation to the thought world of the ancient Near East and its impact on the rest of the Old Testament. In addition to full coverage of the wisdom books and other literature most frequently thought to have been influenced by them, thematic studies also introduce the principal comparative sources among Israel's neighbours and discuss the place of wisdom in Israelite religion, theology, and society.

Author : Alice M. Sinnott
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351884365

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The Personification of Wisdom by Alice M. Sinnott Pdf

This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. Arguing that by personifying Wisdom the authors of Proverbs responded to Israel's defeat by Babylon and the loss of Davidic monarchy, and by retrieving and transforming the Wisdom figure the authors of Sirach, Baruch and Wisdom responded to the spread of Hellenism and the potential loss of identity for Jews. Sinnott concludes that personified Wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition.

Author : Herbert Niehr
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004229433

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The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria by Herbert Niehr Pdf

The historical and cultural role of the Aramaeans in ancient Syria can hardly be overestimated. Thus The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria gives precise and up-to-date information on different aspects of Aramaean culture. To that end, history, society, economy and law, language and script, literature, religion, art and architecture of the Aramaean kingdoms of Syria from their beginnings in the 11 century B.C. until their end at approximately 720 B.C. are covered within the handbook. The wide survey of Aramaean culture in Syria is supplemented by overviews on the Aramaeans in Assyria, Babylonia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Egypt, North Arabia and on the Aramaean heritage in the Levant.

Author : Ernest Lucas
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802827104

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Proverbs by Ernest Lucas Pdf

In this commentary Ernest Lucas takes a unique cluster approach to the book of Proverbs, studying it thematically and showing how it speaks to such issues as character formation, gender relations, wealth and poverty, interpersonal communication, science and religion, and care for the environment. After an introduction discussing the authorship, date, structure, ancient Near Eastern context, and literary forms of Proverbs, Lucas provides critical exegesis of the biblical text in his section-by-section commentary. He identifies proverbial clusters and uses them as the basis for interpreting individual proverbs. Several substantial theological essays in a concluding section illuminate major ethical, pastoral, and spiritual themes in Proverbs. Ably unpacking the rich wisdom embedded in the book of Proverbs, Lucas has written a succinct, accessible theological commentary perfect for pastors, teachers, and students.

Author : David Edwards
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004549067

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In the Court of the Gentiles: Narrative, Exemplarity, and Scriptural Adaptation in the Court-Tales of Flavius Josephus by David Edwards Pdf

Edwards explores how Josephus in Antiquities adapts the scriptural stories of Joseph and Esther in unexpected ways as models for accounts of more recent Jewish figures. Terming this practice “subversive adaptation,” Edwards contextualizes it within Greco-Roman literary culture and employs the concept of “discourses of exemplarity” to show how Josephus used narratives about past figures to engage Roman elites in moral reflection and pragmatic decision-making. This book supplies analysis of frequently overlooked accounts as well as Josephus’ broader literary strategies, and shows how ancient Jews appropriated imperial historiographical conventions and forms of discourse while countering Greco-Roman claims of cultural superiority.