Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament: The Ordering of Life in Israel and Early Judaism
This is a completely revised and expanded edition of a classic text. Drawing on recent work on legal and didactic material and including more literary interpretation, Blenkinsopp traces the course of two related key traditions—law and wisdom—throughout the history of Israel in the biblical period. He demonstrates their essential lines of continuity with classical Jewish thought and early Christian theology.
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This is a completely revised and expanded edition of a classic text. Drawing on recent work on legal and didactic material and including more literary interpretation, Blenkinsopp traces the course of two related key traditions—law and wisdom—throughout the history of Israel in the biblical period. He demonstrates their essential lines of continuity with classical Jewish thought and early Christian theology.
1Sages, Scribes, and Counsellors1The Writings: the third section of the Hebrew Bible1The many faces of wisdom5The professional sage9Education in Israel122Education for Life18Proverbs: the book18The proverb20The religious dimension24The ethic of the sages29The instruction31Acrostics, numerical sayings, riddles35Sapiential narrative393God and the Moral Order46The link between act and consequence46Political disaster and religious crisis51Job57Qoheleth68The problem remains794The Growth of Israel's Legal Tradition84Ordering life by law84Law in early Israel90The Covenant Code: Exodus 20:23-23:1994The Decalogue102The Second Law: Deuteronomy, religious programme and civil constitution1075Law in Early Judaism: Temple Community and Sect120The Priestly History120Cultic and ritual laws126Wisdom and law in the Chronicler's work133Law and legal exposition in Jewish sectarianism1406Theological Wisdom151The confluence of wisdom and law151Job 28: inaccessible wisdom153Proverbs 8:22-31: Wisdom, first-born of creation157Ecclesiasticus 24:1-29: Torah assimilated to Wisdom162The Wisdom of Solomon: towards a new synthesis167Apocalyptic wisdom173Wisdom in transition: some further developments179Select Bibliography183Index of Passages Cited187General Index193
