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Wealth and poverty in the Instruction of Amenemope and the Hebrew Proverbs

Title: Wealth and poverty in the Instruction of Amenemope and the Hebrew Proverbs / Harold C. Washington.
Author: Washington, Harold C., 1956-
Publication: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xi, 242 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Dissertation series ; no. 142

Uniform Title

Dissertation series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 142.

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Contents

Pt. 1. The Instruction of Amenemope. I. Introduction to Amenemope. II. The Date of Amenemope. Paleographical Data. Personal Names. Loan Words. Chapter Headings. III. The Social-Historical Background to Amenemope. The Evidence from Deir el-Medinah. The Setting of Amenemope: New Kingdom Scribal Training. The Economic and Social History of Ramesside Egypt. IV. Wealth and Poverty in Amenemope. Against Corruption and Unjust Gain. Dissolution of the "Act-Consequence Relation" The [actual symbol not reproducible]-Saying: Relative Praise of Poverty. Affirmative Concern for the Poor. V. Summary of Results -- Pt. 2. The Hebrew Proverbs. VI. Dating the Book of Proverbs. Linguistic Evidence. Structural Features. Thematic Evidence. VII. The Relation of Proverbs to Amenemope and Other Literary Antecedents. VIII. The Social-Historical Background to Proverbs. Scribal Education as the Setting of the Hebrew Proverbs. Achaemenid Judah as the Setting of Proverbs. Attenuation of the Professional Scribal Orientation.
IX. Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs. The Folk Tradition. The Influence of International Wisdom. Contextual Reading of the Sayings on Wealth and Poverty -- X. Summary of Results.

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94040162

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Columbia University Libraries