Sapiential Perspectives : : Wisdom Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / / Gregory Sterling, John J. Collins, and Ruth Clements.

• Superior document: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Series ; Volume 51
• Author: Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium
• VerfasserIn: Sterling, Gregory E.,; Collins, John J.,; Clements, Ruth,
• TeilnehmendeR: Collins, John J.,; Clements, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: Uiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; Volume 51.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 210 pages)

The papers in this volume were originally read at the Sixth International Orion Symposium. The primary focus of the volume is on the wisdom texts from Qumran that have been fully edited only in recent years, especially 1Q/4QMysteries and 4QInstruction. Prior to the discovery of the Scrolls, our knowledge of wisdom literature in the Second Temple period was limited to contemporary biblical books, apocryphal works, and pseudepigraphical writings. These recently published compositions now allow for a more nuanced picture of wisdom literature and its impact on and interaction with other genres. In addition to shedding light on the world of their authors, these texts illustrate how biblical wisdom was reused in new contexts, and provide a missing link between earlier and later sapiential compositions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REVEALED WISDOM: FROM THE BIBLE TO QUMRAN / ALEXANDER ROFÉ -- WISDOM LITERATURE AND ITS RELATION TO OTHER GENRES: FROM BEN SIRA TO MYSTERIES / MENAHEM KISTER -- THE ESCHATOLOGIZING OF WISDOM IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS / JOHN J. COLLINS -- PRIESTLY SAGES? THE MILIEUS OF ORIGIN OF 4QMYSTERIES AND 4QINSTRUCTION / TORLEIF ELGVIN -- HALAKHIC ELEMENTS IN THE SAPIENTIAL TEXTS FROM QUMRAN / LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN -- THE CATEGORIES OF RICH AND POOR IN THE QUMRAN SAPIENTIAL LITERATURE / BENJAMIN G. WRIGHT III -- WHAT IS THE BOOK OF HAGU? / CANA WERMAN -- 4Q215A (TIME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS) IN CONTEXT / ÅSTEIN JUSTNES -- APPENDIX: 4Q215A, FRGS. 1, 2, 3, AND 4 - TEXT AND NOTES / TORLEIF ELGVIN and ÅRSTEIN JUSTNES -- WAS THERE A COMMON ETHIC IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM? / GREGORY E. STERLING -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS -- INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES -- STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH.