Research Catalog

Title

Goochem in mokum, wisdom in Amsterdam : papers on biblical and related wisdom read at the fifteenth joint meeting of the Society of Old Testament study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap, Amsterdam, July 2012 / edited by George J. Brooke and Pierre van Hecke ; with the assistance of Bob Becking and Eibert Tigchelaar.

Author

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (15th : 2012 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brooke, George J.
• Van Hecke, Pierre

Description

vii, 180 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"This collection of essays is focused on the wisdom traditions of the Hebrew Bible, including the Book of Sira. The biblical books are read as literary works on their own as well as in an ancient Near Eastern setting. Some essays scrutinize Greek and Hellenistic wisdom traditions. The authors refrain from a definition of 'wisdom' which would have been a reductionist exercise in view of the great variety of material and the complexity of the perennial problems (wo)mankind is confronted with"--

Series Statement

Oudtestamentische studiën = Old Testament studies, 0169-7226 ; volume 68

Uniform Title

Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 68.

Subjects

• Bible > Old Testament
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Bible > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc > Congresses
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Wisdom > Bible teaching > Congresses
• Wisdom > Biblical teaching

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

The book of Ben Sira: some new perspectives at the dawn of the 21st century / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- The place of wisdom in the formation of the movement behind the Dead Sea scrolls / George J. Brooke -- The wisdom of Job's conclusion (Job 42:1-6) / David J.A. Clines -- Ecclesiastes as mainstream wisdom (without Job) / Katharine J. Dell -- Unity, date, authorship and the 'wisdom' of the Song of Songs / J. Cheryl Exum -- The substance of Job: beginnings and endings / Jan Fokkelman -- An awfully beastly business: some thoughts on behēmāh in Jonah and Qoheleth / Alastair G. Hunter -- Ecclesiastes among the tragedians / John Jarick -- The disturbing experience of Eliphaz in Job 4: divine or demonic manifestation? / Mart-Jan Paul -- Acquiring wisdom: a semantic analysis of its metaphorical conceptualisations / Pierre Van Hecke -- Aristobulus and the universal Sabbath / J. Cornelis de Vos -- Divine judgment and reward in Ecclesiastes / Stuart Weeks.

Call Number

JFE 16-7865

ISBN

• 9789004314764 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004314768 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2016001752

OCLC

943704954

Conference

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (15th : 2012 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Title

Goochem in mokum, wisdom in Amsterdam : papers on biblical and related wisdom read at the fifteenth joint meeting of the Society of Old Testament study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap, Amsterdam, July 2012 / edited by George J. Brooke and Pierre van Hecke ; with the assistance of Bob Becking and Eibert Tigchelaar.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oudtestamentische studiën = Old Testament studies, 0169-7226 ; volume 68

Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 68.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Brooke, George J., editor.

Van Hecke, Pierre, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (15th : 2012 : Amsterdam, Netherlands) Goochem in mokum, wisdom in Amsterdam Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004314771

Research Call Number

JFE 16-7865