Research Catalog

Title

The wisdom of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar : unravelling a discourse of uncertainty and distress / by Seth A. Bledsoe.

Author

Bledsoe, Seth

Publication

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

x, 2 unnumbered pages, 455 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book offers fresh readings of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar, an oft underappreciated ancient wisdom text. In undertaking a comprehensive literary analysis, incorporating both the drama and the sayings together, Bledsoe shows that Ahiqar's didactic impulse is founded on a sense of uncertainty about life, offering advice for those in times of distress, much like the titular character himself. While Ahiqar shares many features with instructional literature like Proverbs, the ambiguous cosmic and social order imagined in the text resonate more strongly with the likes of Qoheleth or Job. Bledsoe also takes seriously the Elephantine context, suggesting that the social and political ethic evinced by the work would have resonated strongly with the Judean community in Achaemenid Egypt"--

Series Statement

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 199

Uniform Title

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 199.

Subject

• Ahikar (Folktale)
• Wisdom literature > Comparative studies
• Wisdom literature

Genre/Form

Comparative studies.

Note

• Revision of the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Florida State University, 2015.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Locating Ahiqar: Materiality, language, and intertextuality -- 2. Unravelling Ahiqar: Narratology and discourse in the Story of Ahiqar -- 3. Delineating Ahiqar: Structure and style in the Sayings of Ahiqar -- 4. Cultivating an ethic of caution: Practical instruction and the dangers of speech -- 5. Wisdom from below: Financial instruction and social status -- 6. Constructing and contesting social domains: The famillial discourse of loyalty and reciprocity -- 7. Many are the stars: Humanity, the Gods, and speculative wisdom -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 22-4596

ISBN

• 9789004473119
• 9004473114

LCCN

2021039882

OCLC

1259585097

Author

Bledsoe, Seth, author.

Title

The wisdom of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar : unravelling a discourse of uncertainty and distress / by Seth A. Bledsoe.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 199

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 199.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Bledsoe, Seth. Wisdom of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 9789004473126 (DLC) 2021039883

Research Call Number

JFE 22-4596