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aspects to a covenant between higher and lesser ruler: |
- preamble identifying the king giving the treaty - historical prologue listing the king's gracious deeds to vassal ruler - legal stipulations binding the vassal ruler - list of gods who witnessed the treaty - list of curses/blessings for those who keep/break the treaty |
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there were wisdom traditions not only in Israel, but also in: |
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Canaan |
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three kinds of parallelism in biblical poetry |
synonymous (repetition) antithetical synthetic (going deeper 2nd x) |
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themes of wisdom lit |
- how do I live my life? - happiness - fear of the Lord - suffering - personification of Wisdom |
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Proverbs: date |
- ch. 10-29 have ancient proverbs from collections dating from 10C-6C - ch. 1-9 are much newer: PE - final form: mid-4C |
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Proverbs: origin of the proverbs: |
royal court schools? family |
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Proverbs: wisdom as having a three-fold dimension: |
- sapiential (knowledge) - ethical (action) - religious (piety) |
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characteristics of Proverbs ch. 1-9: |
- wisdom as gift from God - the two ways: one good, one bad - personification of Lady Wisdom (ch. 7) - Wisdom's hymn (ch. 8) |
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Clifford's definition of a proverb: |
a concise statement of an apparent truththat has currency |
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parallels to Proverbs: |
Egypt, "Wisdom of Amenemope" (pre 11C) |
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Job: dating |
- hard to date - bw 7C-PE? |
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near eastern parallels to Job |
- Egypt: Dispute bw a Man and his Ba - Sumer: The Sumerian Job - Babylon: Babylonian Theodicy ------- this 3rd one is the closest parallel: personal, dramatic, inaccessibility of gods' minds |
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does Job have a personified wisdom passage? |
yes: ch. 28 - "no one knows her place; hiddenness; the ocean says, 'she is not in me'" |
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Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes: dating |
4C-3C (persian period) |
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genre of Ecclesiastes: |
"royal pseudo-autobiography" |
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parallels of Ecclesiastes: |
Mesopotamia: - the "tablet-house" produced similarly cynical satires - Gilgamesh: royal pseudo-autobiography |
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Song of Songs dating: |
7C? |
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Song of Songs: how interpreted? |
- human love - God's love for his people - God's love for the soul |
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parallels to Song of Songs: |
New Kingdom Egyptian love songs |
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Sirach: dating |
- hebrew original: 175 BC - greek translation: 117 BC |
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what are the deuterocanonical books? |
Tobit Judith Baruch Sirach Wisdom Maccabees 1 & 2 |
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overall aim of Sirach |
- offering a comprehensive guide deeply steeped in Jewish Tradition for every circumstance of life - you want wisdom? You can find it in the Torah, in the tradition of our fathers |
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characteristics of Sirach |
- "to fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" - concern for temple cult / priesthood - traditionalist - proto-saducee? (no afterlife) |
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Sirach's presentation of personified wisdom: |
Sirach 24: - coming forth from the mouth of God - looking for a place to dwell - pitching her tent in Jerusalem |
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general outline of Sirach |
1-43: moral instruction 44-50: praise of creation and Israel's heroes 51: two appendices |
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Book of Wisdom: dating |
30 BC? |
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Book of Wisdom: place/language of composition |
- greek - Alexandria |
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main goal of Book of Wisdom: |
- trying to reconcile greek wisdom with jewish faith |
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outline of Book of Wisdom: |
- reward of the righteous (eternal life) - praise of wisdom (Solomon's prayer) - God's providence during the Exodus - God's mercy - condemning idolatry (idolaters are punished by the things they idolize) |
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how is Tobit a wisdom book? |
- good works will not go unrewarded |
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Baruch is a marriage bw: |
wisdom tradition and deuteronomist tradition |
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Baruch has a personification of wisdom section |
yes |
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greek/hebrew words for wisdom: |
sophia hokmah |
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wisdom tradition in 1 Kings: |
Solomon |
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personifications of wisdom: |
Proverbs 8 - Lady Wisdom / Lady Folly - "come to me!" Job 28 - "where is Wisdom to be found?" - "the ocean says, she is not in me...." - only God knows Sirach 24 - coming from the mouth of God, seeking a home - pitching her tent in Israel Wisdom 6-9 - praise of Wisdom - Solomon's prayer |
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outline of Job: |
prelude Poetic dialogue bw job and friends Elihu speeches God's speech |