Tracing Sapiential traditions in ancient Judaism / / edited by Hindy Najman, Jean-Sebastien Rey, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume 174
• TeilnehmendeR: Najman, Hindy,; Rey, Jean-Sébastien,; Tigchelaar, Eibert J. C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; Volume 174.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction /; Is “Wisdom Literature” a Useful Category? /; The Theme of Long-Range Planning in the Joseph Narrative and Some Second Temple Period Writings /; A Reflection on the Nature of Wisdom /; Spiritual Formation in Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Teaching /; Ben Sira and Hellenistic Literature in Greek /; Sage as Prophet? Allusion and Reconfiguration in Ben Sira and Other Second Temple Wisdom Texts /; Sages and Saints: Continuous Study and Transformation in Musar le-Mevin and Serekh ha-Yaḥad /; Searching for Wisdom in and beyond 4QInstruction /; The Simple Bare Necessities: Is Pss. Sol. 5 a Wisdom Prayer? /; Pirqé Avot and Wisdom Tradition /; The Wisdom Tradition in Rabbinic Literature and Mishnah Avot /; Manuals of Mantic Wisdom: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Cairo Genizah /; Index of Ancient Sources --; Index of Authors.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004324682
• ISSN: 1384-2161
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hindy Najman, Jean-Sebastien Rey, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar.

This volume is intended to problematize and challenge current conceptions of the category of “Wisdom” and to reconsider the scope, breadth and Nachleben of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions. It considers the formal features and conceptual underpinnings of wisdom throughout the corpus of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hellenistic Jewish texts, Rabbinic texts, and the Cairo Geniza. It also situates ancient Jewish Wisdom in its Near Eastern context, as well as in the context of Hellenistic conceptions of the Sage.