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Interpreting Old Testament wisdom literature / edited by David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson.

Contributor(s): Firth, David G [editor.] | Wilson, Lindsay, 1955- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2017Edition: US editionDescription: xv, 232 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780830851782 (pbk. : alk. paper); 083085178X (pbk. : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Exploring Old Testament wisdom. Subject(s): Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 223/.06 LOC classification: BS1455 | .E97 2017Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The study of wisdom today. Old Testament wisdom today / Craig G. Bartholomew -- The wisdom literature. The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book / Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Rosalind Clarke -- Themes. Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature / Lennart Boström -- Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology / Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Brittany N. Melton.

Previously published under title: Exploring Old Testament wisdom : literature and themes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The study of wisdom today. Old Testament wisdom today / Craig G. Bartholomew -- Part 2. The wisdom literature. The book of Proverbs : some current issues / Ernest C. Lucas -- Job as a problematic book / Lindsay Wilson -- Reading Ecclesiastes with the scholars / Katharine J. Dell -- Seeking wisdom in the Song of Songs / Rosalind Clarke -- Part 3. Themes. Is Ruth also among the wise? / Gregory Goswell -- Retribution and wisdom literature / Lennart Boström -- Worrying about the wise : wisdom in Old Testament narrative / David G. Firth -- Wisdom and biblical theology / Christopher B. Ansberry -- 'Children, listen to me' : the voicing of wisdom in the Psalms / Simon P. Stocks -- 'Oh, that I knew where I might find him' : aspects of divine absence in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes / Brittany N. Melton.

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