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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451317403321

Titolo

The wisdom texts from Qumran and the development of sapiential thought / / edited by C. Hempel, A. Lange, and H. Lichtenberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven ; ; Paris ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Uitgeverij Peeters

Leuven : , : Leuven University press, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-77186-X

0-203-13315-3

1-280-32810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

The literature of the Dead Sea scrolls

Altri autori (Persone)

HempelCharlotte

LangeArmin <1961->

LichtenbergerHermann

Disciplina

296.1/55

Soggetti

Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc

Wisdom - Religious aspects - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-109) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION TO WISDOM AT QUMRAN; ISRAEL'S WISDOM TRADITION; BIBLICAL WISDOM TEXTS AND TARGUMS AT QUMRAN; WISDOM IN THE PSALMS SCROLL FROM CAVE 11; FOLLY AND WISDOM IN 4Q184  185; A LARGE WISDOM INSTRUCTION (SAPIENTIAL WORK A); OTHER QUMRAN WISDOM INSTRUCTIONS; ~SECTARIAN~ WISDOM; WISDOM TEXTS FROM QUMRAN AND EARLY JUDAISM; WISDOM TEXTS FROM QUMRAN AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; Appendix: The Ben Sira Scroll from Masada; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of references

Sommario/riassunto

This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.After surveying biblical and extrabiblical wisdom books, the author considers the best and most fully preserved wisdom texts from Qumran. The centrepiece of the



book is a discussion of the large wisdom instruction known as Sapiential Work A. Also, the author reflects on the relevance of those texts for the study of early Judaism and Christia