The Tree of Life

An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature

Roland E. Murphy

• Editorial: Eerdmans
• Año: 2002
• ISBN:
  9781467427593
• Categoría: Théologie et religion
• Categoría: Critique et interprétation bibliques

Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research.This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting this literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel's search for wisdom throughout its tumultuous history. Murphy looks at each wisdom book individually -- Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament. His careful investigations expose the various guises that wisdom adopts -- the "fear of the Lord, " moral formation, the universality of human experience, the mysteries of creation, and others.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface to the Third Edition
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Proverbs — The Wisdom of Words
• 3. Job the Steadfast
• 4. Qoheleth the Skeptic
• 5. Ben Sira — Wisdom’s Traditionalist
• 6. The Wisdom of Solomon — A View from the Diaspora
• 7. Wisdom’s Echoes
• 8. Wisdom Literature and Theology
• 9. Lady Wisdom
• Appendix
• Abbreviations
• Selected and Annotated Bibliography
• Supplement
• Millennium Supplement