Wisdom for Life / / ed. by Nuria Calduch-Benages.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Asurmendi, Jesús M.,; Barbiero, Gianni,; Bardski, Krzysztof,; Beentjes, Pancratius C.,; Calduch-Benages, Nuria,; Corley, Jeremy,; Crenshaw, James L.,; De Zan, Renato,; Di Lella, Alexander A.,; Egger-Wenzel, Renate,; Fox, Michael V.,; Iwanski, Dariusz,; Jüngling, Hans-Winfried,; Leproux, Alexis,; M, O.F.,; Mazzinghi, Luca,; Mies, Françoise,; Nobile, Marco,; Palmisano, Maria Carmela,; Passaro, Angelo,; Pinto, Sebastiano,; Priotto, Michelangelo,; Ska, Jean Louis,; Spreafico, Ambrogio,; Vermeylen, Jacques,
• HerausgeberIn: Calduch-Benages, Nuria,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 445
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (381 p.)

Professor Maurice Gilbert SJ is widely acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on biblical wisdom literature, in particular the Book of Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, on which he has produced many publications. This Festschrift, the third one in his honor, brings together twenty-four essays written by both established scholars who are friends and colleagues of Professor Gilbert and younger members of the field who wrote their doctoral dissertation under his guidance at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. There he was rector (1978–1984) and full professor until his retirement (1975–2011). The volume is divided into six main sections, focusing respectively on Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, and Psalms. Some essays display rigorous attention to textual and linguistic issues, whereas others deal with more theological questions (fear before God, joy in Qoheleth, arguments for justice in Wisdom of Solomon) or focus on the comparison between two books (for instance, Qoheleth and Sirach, Sirach and Genesis, Sirach and Tobit).

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Proverbs -- A Profile of the Septuagint Proverbs -- Abraham, maître de sagesse selon l’idéal des Proverbes -- Von der “Anstrengung des Begriffs” (Spr 1,3) und von “Not” und “Not wendender Kraft” (Spr 24,10.11–12) -- The Words of Agur (Prov 30:1–9) and the Book of Proverbs: Some Historico-Anthropological Considerations -- Job -- Job et la main de Dieu -- Courtroom Imagery: The Neglected Background of Job 5:1 -- Ein Phönix in Ijob 29,18? -- The Optical Illusion: Job and the Reasons for a Protest (Job 29–31) -- Qoheleth -- Qoheleth’s Hatred of Life: A Passing Phase or an Enduring Sentiment? -- Power in Qoheleth and the Prophets -- Qoheleth and Sirach: A Comparison -- The Snowball and the Cord of Three Strands: Qoh 4:12b in the Rabbinic Tradition -- Ben Sira -- Parallels of Ben Sira’s Wisdom in Tobit 4:3–19 -- Ben Sira 23:27 – A Pivotal Verse -- A Rereading of the Primeval Narratives: Ben Sira 40:1–17 and 16:26–17:4 -- “Perform your work promptly, and, in his time, he will give you your reward” (SirG 51:30). Some Observations on the Use of ἕργον/ מעשה in the Book of Ben Sira -- Wisdom of Solomon -- The Antithetical Pair “to punish” and “to benefit” (koλάζω and εύεργειέω) in the Book of Wisdom -- The Hereafter in the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom 1–3) -- Building a Temple to Wisdom (Wis 9:8) -- L’έπιείκεια divine ou la mesure du jugement selon Sg 11,15–12,27 -- Psalms -- Quand la structure révèle un sens: Les Psaumes «quasi-alphabétiques» 33 et 103 -- Melchizedek in Psalm 110:4 -- The Structure of Psalm 111 -- PsG 117:22–23 and the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers -- Bibliography of Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ (2000–2014) -- List of Abbreviations -- Index of Authors -- Index of References