Human Interaction with the Natural World in Wisdom Literature and Beyond
Essays in Honour of Tova L. Forti
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Human Interaction with the Natural World in Wisdom Literature and Beyond
Essays in Honour of Tova L. Forti
About This Book
Created in honor of the work of Professor Tova Forti, this collection considers the natural world in key wisdom books - Proverbs, Job and Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes, Ben Sira and Song of Songs/Solomon - and also examines particular animal and plant imagery in other texts in the Hebrew Bible. It crucially involves ancient Near Eastern parallels and like texts from the classical world, but also draws on rabbinic tradition and broader interpretative works, as well as different textual traditions such as the LXX and Qumran scrolls. Whilst the natural world, notably plants and animals, is a key uniting element, the human aspect is also crucial. To explore this, contributors also treat the wider concerns within wisdom literature on human beings in relation to their social context, and in comparison with neighbouring nations. They emphasize that the human, animal and plant worlds act together in synthesis, all enhanced and imbued by the world-view of wisdom literature.
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Table of contents
- COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO TOVA L. FORTI DAVID A. GLATT-GILAD
- AN APPRECIATION OF THE SCHOLARLY WORK OF TOVA L. FORTI KATHARINE J. DELL AND MORDECHAI COGAN
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- THE WORKS OF TOVA L. FORTI
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I - THE NATURAL WORLD IN WISDOM LITERATURE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
- PART II - THE NATURAL WORLD IN NON-WISDOM TEXTS IN THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETIVE TRADITION
- PART III - THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
- INDEX OF REFERENCES
- INDEX OF AUTHORS