Ebook: The Wisdom Literature: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series
Author: Richard J. Clifford
- Genre: Religion
- Tags: Old Testament Commentaries Bible Study Reference Wisdom Literature Theology Angelology Demonology Anthropology Apologetics Catholic Christology Creationism Ecclesiology Ecumenism Eschatology Ethics Fundamentalism Gnosticism Historical Liberation Mysticism Pneumatology Process Prophecy Protestant Salvation Theory Systematic Almanacs Yearbooks Atlases Maps Careers Catalogs Directories Consumer Guides Dictionaries Thesauruses Encyclopedias Subject English as a Second Language Etiquette Foreign Gene
- Year: 1998
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Language: English
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In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional proverb, say a few things about "the problem of evil" in Job, or quote "vanity of vanities, " but far more rewarding to read the whole book with an appreciative and informed eye.
Opening chapters of The Wisdom Literature comment on the striking similarities between ancient and modern "wisdom literature" and on the comparable literature from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan. Thereafter, a chapter is devoted to each biblical wisdom book (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon), studying not only its content but also its rhetoric -- how it engages the reader.