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THE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM
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| By: |
Alice M. Sinnott, Ms Margaret Barker |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
075465124X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754651246 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
22 November, 2005 |
| Series: |
Society for Old Testament Study |
| Pages: |
218 |
| Description: |
Examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. The author identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. |
| Synopsis: |
This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. Arguing that by personifying Wisdom the authors of Proverbs responded to Israel's defeat by Babylon and the loss of Davidic monarchy, and by retrieving and transforming the Wisdom figure the authors of Sirach, Baruch and Wisdom responded to the spread of Hellenism and the potential loss of identity for Jews. Sinnott concludes that personified Wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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Returnable |