RT Book
T1 Wisdom literature
T2 Core Biblical Ser
A1 Balentine, Samuel E. 1950-
LA English
PP Nashville
PB Abingdon Press
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1682863034
AB Wisdom literature is foundational to our life and learning.
AB Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- General Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Wisdom and wisdom -- Chapter 1: Proverbs: "Wisdom Begins with the Fear of the Lord" -- Composition History -- Literary Forms -- Sociopolitical Context -- Thematic Coherence -- Chapter 2: Job: "Wisdom, Where Can It Be Found?" -- Form, Structure, and Genre -- A Man Named Job -- For No Reason -- Ultimate Questions, Penultimate Answers -- Wisdom, Where Can It Be Found? Where Is the Place of Understanding? -- Epilogue or Eulogy? -- Chapter 3: Ecclesiastes: "Perfectly Pointless" -- Authorship, Date, and Structure -- Rhetorical Strategy -- Qohelet's Intellectual World -- The End of the Matter -- Chapter 4: Sirach: "All Wisdom Involves Doing the Law" -- Form, Structure, and Rhetorical Strategy -- Ethos and Ethics -- Fear of God, Wisdom, and Law: The Ethics of Submission -- Ben Sira's God: "The Lord Is the All" -- Chapter 5: Wisdom of Solomon: "Doing What Is Right Means Living Forever" -- Historical and Cultural Contexts -- Intellectual Economy -- Key Issues and Theological Themes -- Conclusion: The End of Wisdom -- Notes.
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SN 9781426765360
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