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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785701303321

Autore

Goering Greg Schmidt

Titolo

Wisdom's root revealed [[electronic resource] ] : Ben Sira and the election of Israel / / by Greg Schmidt Goering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-94916-0

9786612949166

90-04-19071-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, , 1384-2161 ; ; v. 139

Classificazione

11.41

Disciplina

296.3/1172

Soggetti

Jews - Election, Doctrine of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's thesis (Th. D.)--Harvard University, 2006 under title: To whom has wisdom's root been revealed? : Ben Sira and the election of Israel : a thesis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Wisdom, Torah, and election : an introduction to the study -- Election and creation : the sun, the moon, and Israel's chosenness -- Election and revelation : general and special wisdom -- Election and tradition : the preservation and transmission of wisdom -- Election and piety : the "fear of YHWH" -- Election and eschatology : Israel among the nations -- Conclusion : Ben Sira and the election of Israel.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph interprets the theme of election in the book of Sirach. Previous scholarship has often understood Ben Sira’s worldview to be dualistic, and has approached the sage's correlation of Wisdom and Torah as either a nationalization of Wisdom or a universalization of Torah. By probing Ben Sira’s ideas about election, this book suggests that Ben Sira does not collapse the traditional sapiential dichotomy wisdom/folly into a dualistic worldview, and that his understanding of the relation between Wisdom and Torah proves to be far more subtle than previous interpretations have allowed. The study demonstrates that the concept of election enables a profitable discussion of the relation of Wisdom and Torah in the thought of this pivotal Second Temple sage.