Wisdom and Torah the reception of 'Torah' in the wisdom literature of the Second Temple period / [electronic resource] :
edited by Bernd U. Schipper and D. Andrew Teeter.
- Leiden : BRILL, 2013.
- 1 online resource (vi, 346 pages).
- Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism .
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism. .
The blinded eyes of the wise : sapiential tradition and Mosaic commandment in Deut 16:19-20 -- Law and wisdom according to Deut 4:5-8 -- When wisdom is not enough : the discourse on wisdom and Torah and the composition of the Book of Proverbs -- Job in conversation with the Torah -- "Fear God and keep His commandments" : could Qohelet have said this? -- Yahweh's Torah and the praying "I" in Psalm 119 -- Half way between Psalm 119 and Ben Sira : wisdom and Torah in Psalm 19 -- Torah and sapiential pedagogy in the Book of Ben Sira -- "Wisdom" and "Torah" in the Book of Baruch.
Taking the concepts of wisdom and Torah in the book of Deuteronomy as a point of departure, the essays of the present collection examines the relationship between wisdom and Torah in Wisdom literature of the Second Temple period.