Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 Wisdom Literature and its Foreign Counterparts

Chapter 2 The Book of Proverbs

Chapter 3 The Book of Job

Chapter 4 Ecclesiastes

Chapter 5 Other Jewish Wisdom Literature

Chapter 6 Wisdom Thought

Chapter 7 The Origins and Place of Wisdom Literature

Further Reading

Bibliography

Promotional Information

Stuart Weeks provides a much needed introduction to wisdom literature.

About the Author

Dr Stuart Weeks MA (Oxon.) MPhil DPhil, Senior Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew, Durham University, UK. He is the author of Early Israelite Wisdom (OUP, 1994) and Instructions & Imagery in Proverbs 1-9 (OUP, 2007). He is writing the ICC volume on Ecclesiastes for T&T Clark.

Reviews

Weeks provides a valuable survey of Israelite Wisdom Literature. He explains the main issues presented by the Wisdom corpus and gives fair consideration to a variety of views, while arguing thoughtfully for his own conclusions. His knowledge of scholarly literature is extensive and deep, but he takes care to make his writing clear and accessible to all. His Introduction will be an effective tool in the university classroom.
*Michael V. Fox, Jay C. and Ruth Halls-Bascom Professor, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.*

Weeks here illuminates both the form and the content of 's wisdom literature in relation to the wider world of its origins. The thinking is sharp and nuanced, the presentation is lucid and accessible. This is a distinctive and valuable Introduction.
*Walter Moberly, Durham University UK*

The Introduction of the study of Wisdom Literature deals with the corpus of Hebew wisdom books incorporated in the Canon of Old Testament, as well as other pieces of Jewish wishdom literature compiled in the period of the Second Temple. The book will definitively serve well the broader academic community, it well be especially useful for teaching a course on wisdom literature in an academic setting.
*Igal German, University of Toronto (Wycliffe College), Canada*

The book will definitely serve well the broader academic community; it will be especially useful for teaching a course on wisdom literature in an academic setting.
*Theological Book Review*

Avoiding technical language and footnotes, Weeks has given us a clear and thought-provoking introduction to a set of intriguing biblical texts.
*The Pastoral Review*