This book contains a critical edition, translation, and commentary of the main fragments of 4QInstruction, the largest wisdom text of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It examines particular texts of 4QInstruction as well as broader issues, such as the compositions date, genre, and main the…
"In Sirach and Its Contexts an international cohort of experts on the book of Sirach locate this second-century BCE Jewish wisdom text in its various contexts: literary, historical, philosophical, textual, cultural, and political. First compiled by a Jewish sage around 185 BCE, …
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging vo…