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Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel [electronic resource] / edited by Richard J. Clifford.

Contributor(s): Series: Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 36.Publication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.Description: xiii, 116 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781435626997 (electronic bk.)
  • 1435626990 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 223/.06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1455 .W563 2007eb
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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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