The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802839657)

Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research.

This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting this literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel's search for wisdom throughout its tumultuous history. Murphy looks at each wisdom book individually -- Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament. His careful investigations expose the various guises that wisdom adopts -- the "fear of the Lord," moral formation, the universality of human experience, the mysteries of creation, and others.

Author: Roland E. Murphy
ISBN-10: 0802839657
ISBN-13: 9780802839657
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2002
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.69d