Wealth and Poverty in the Instruction of Amenemope and the Hebrew Proverbs: A Comparative Case Study in the Social Location and Function of Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom Literature
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PrefaceAbbreviationsTablesIntroduction1Pt. 1The Instruction of AmenemopeIIntroduction to Amenemope7IIThe Date of Amenemope11Paleographical Data13Personal Names14Loan Words17Chapter Headings24IIIThe Social-Historical Background to Amenemope25The Evidence from Deir el-Medinah25The Setting of Amenemope: New Kingdom Scribal Training29The Economic and Social History of Ramesside Egypt52IVWealth and Poverty in Amenemope85Against Corruption and Unjust Gain86Dissolution of the "Act-Consequence Relation"96The [actual symbol not reproducible]-Saying: Relative Praise of Poverty102Affirmative Concern for the Poor104VSummary of Results109Pt. 2The Hebrew ProverbsVIDating the Book of Proverbs111Linguistic Evidence116Structural Features122Thematic Evidence128VIIThe Relation of Proverbs to Amenemope and Other Literary Antecedents135VIIIThe Social-Historical Background to Proverbs147Scribal Education as the Setting of the Hebrew Proverbs147Achaemenid Judah as the Setting of Proverbs156Attenuation of the Professional Scribal Orientation167IXWealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs171The Folk Tradition171The Influence of International Wisdom185Contextual Reading of the Sayings on Wealth and Poverty191XSummary of Results203Conclusion205Bibliography207
\ James L. CrenshawThe real value of Washington's investigation lies...in illuminating the social situations behind the two texts being compared....[R]eaders [should take] a close look at this work. They will profit in many ways, even when finding the fundamental thesis problematic.\ — Society of Biblical Literature\ \ \ \ \ James L. CrenshawThe real value of Washington's investigation lies...in illuminating the social situations behind the two texts being compared....[R]eaders [should take] a close look at this work. They will profit in many ways, even when finding the fundamental thesis problematic.\ — Society of Biblical Literature\ \
