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Wisdom and Torah: The Reception of ‘Torah’ in the Wisdom Literature of the Second Temple Period: 163
Author(s): Bernd Schipper (Editor), D. Andrew Teeter
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 15 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 346 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004253327
- ISBN-13: 9789004253322
Book Description
A proper assessment of the manifold relationships that obtain between “wisdom” and “Torah” in the Second Temple Period has fascinated generations of interpreters. The essays of the present collection seek to understand this key relationship by focusing attention on specific instances of the reception of “Torah” in Wisdom literature and the shaping of Torah by wisdom. Taking the concepts of wisdom and torah in the various literary strata of the book of Deuteronomy as a point of departure, the remainder of the book examines the relationship between wisdom and Torah in Wisdom literature of the Second Temple period, including Proverbs, Qohelet, Ps 19 and 119, Baruch, Ben Sira, Wisdom, sapiential and rewritten scriptural texts from Qumran, and the Wisdom of Solomon.
Editorial Reviews
Review
…this rich volume will hopefully inspire scholars to continue the exploration of the wisdom and Torah discourse in ancient Judaism…
Elisa Uusimäki, University of Helsinki
Enoch Seminar OnlineAbout the Author
Bernd U. Schipper, Dr. theol. (1999, University of Bonn), Dr. phil. (2003, University of Hamburg) , is Professor (chair) of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology of Humboldt University of Berlin. He has published monographs and many articles on the history of Biblical Israel, Egypt and the Hebrew Bible, and the book of Proverbs, including: Hermeneutik der Tora (de Gryuter, 2012).
David Andrew Teeter, Ph.D. (2008, University of Notre Dame, Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity), M.A. (2003, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Hebrew and Semitic Languages) is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Harvard Divinity School.
