| The Personification of Wisdom Contributor(s): Sinnott, Alice M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 075465124X ISBN-13: 9780754651246 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 223.064 |
| LCCN: 2005002545 |
| Series: Society for Old Testament Study Monographs |
| Physical Information: 218 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. Arguing that by personifying Wisdom the authors of Proverbs responded to Israel's defeat by Babylon and the loss of Davidic monarchy, and by retrieving and transforming the Wisdom figure the authors of Sirach, Baruch and Wisdom responded to the spread of Hellenism and the potential loss of identity for Jews. Sinnott concludes that personified Wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition. |
