The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature
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....
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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.
ForewordPreface to the Third Edition1Introduction12Proverbs - The Wisdom of Words153Job the Steadfast334Qoheleth the Skeptic495Ben Sira - Wisdom's Traditionalist656The Wisdom of Solomon - A View from the Diaspora837Wisdom's Echoes978Wisdom Literature and Theology1119Lady Wisdom133Appendix151Abbreviations181Selected and Annotated Bibliography185Supplement191Millennium Supplement231Index283
