Was There a Wisdom Tradition? New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781628370997)

This collection of essays explores questions that challenge the traditional notion of a wisdom tradition among the Israelite literati, such as: Is the wisdom literature a genre or mode of literature or do we need new terminology? Who were the tradents? Is there such a thing as a "wisdom scribe" and what would that look like? Did the scribes who composed wisdom literature also have a hand in producing the other "traditions," such as the priestly, prophetic, and apocalyptic, as well as other non-sapiential works? Were Israelite sages open to non-sapiential forms of knowledge in their conceptualization of wisdom?

Author: Mark R. Sneed
ISBN-10: 1628370998
ISBN-13: 9781628370997
Publisher: SBL Press
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2015
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d