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
Stuart Weeks provides a much needed introduction to wisdom literature.
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.
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*
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