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050 14 $aBS1455$b.S64 2015
082 04 $a223.06$223
100 1 $aSneed, Mark R.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Social World of the Sages :$bAn Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature /$cMark R. Sneed.
264 1 $aMinneapolis :$bFortress Press,$c[2015]
300 $axvii, 450 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical reference (pages 397-421) and index.
505 0 $aThe Nature of Wisdom and Its Practitioners -- The World and Worldview of the Wise -- Scribalism in Egypt and Mesopotamia -- Western Periphery Scribalism -- Israelite Scribalism and the Place of Wisdom Literature within It -- The Wisdom Corpus as a Mode of Literature -- The Poetics, Axiology, and Rhetoric of Wisdom Literature -- Social World of the Sages -- The Book of Proverbs -- The Book of Job -- Ecclesiastes -- Sirach and Sapientia -- Wisdom Psalms and the Dead Sea Scroll Wisdom Literature
520 $aIs there evidence for a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel? Mark R. Sneed redefines the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books that educated scribal apprentices in moral instruction. Sneed discusses the data for scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East, suggesting that wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom literature. Maps and illustrations include. From back cover
630 00 $aBible.$pOld Testament$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aWisdom literature$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 00 $aDead Sea scrolls.
650 4 $aBible. Chronicles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
650 4 $aDead Sea scrolls.
650 4 $aWisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
852 00 $buts$hBS1455$i.S64 2015g