Israel's Wisdom Literature - A Liberation-Critical Reading

Dianne Bergant offers a fresh approach to all the wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Apocrypha. She concentrates on the final canonical form of each book and takes the "integrity of creation" as the basic interpretive perspective. This means, among other things, that the idea of the unity of humankind - indeed, the unity of all living things - lies at the heart of the approach.

About the author

Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., is Professor of Old Testament at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Among her previous books is Job and Ecclesiastes (Glazier, 1982).

Summary

This series looks at various sections of the Old Testament from the perspective of a worldview in which various groups of humans, and other parts of the natural world, are considered in a relational way. Covers all the wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Apocrypha.

Product details

• Authors: Dianne Bergant, Dianne Osa Bergant, Dianne/ Laffey Bergant
• Assisted by: Alice L Laffey (Editor), Alice L. Laffey (Editor)
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780800628758
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-2875-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Liberation-Critical Reading of; Liberation-Critical Reading of
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations