THE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM by Alice M. Sinnott ( 9781138252233 )

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THE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM

By:

Alice M. Sinnott

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

16 May, 2017

Series:

Society for Old Testament Study

Pages:

218

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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