Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament - The Ordering of Life in Israel and Early Judaism

A completely new, expanded edition of this classic college text book about two key kinds of writing in the Old Testament: wisdom and law. Completely revised and updated, the book also includes much more on literary interpretation.

Summary

This new edition has been considerably expanded to take in work on the legal and didactic material published since the 1980s. It gives more attention to the different literary genres used by Israel's sages and to the social settings in which the material came into existence and circulated. References to relevant archaeological data have also been brought up to date. The main purpose of the book, however, remains the same: to trace the course of two related key streams of tradition, law and wisdom, throughout the history of Israel in the biblical period, and to demonstrate their essential lines of continuity with classical Jewish thought and early Christian theology.

Additional text

This study belongs to a biblical series which is devoted to groups of books rather than single books. It describes quite fully the contents of the wisdom and legal portions of the Old Testament and early Jewish literature ... Especially valuable is the treatment of this coming together in early Judaism, so important for a proper appreciation of New Testament polemic.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Blenkinsopp, Joseph (Professor of Biblical Studies Blenkinsopp, Blenkinsopp Joseph
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.1995
• EAN: 9780198755036
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875503-6
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 201 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Oxford Bible; Oxford Bible Series; Oxford Bible Series; Oxford Bible
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Christianity, Judaism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts