Wisdom in Israel / Gerhard von Rad ; [translated by James D. Martin from the German].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This classic text, the last major work by the great Hebrew Bible scholar Gerhard von Rad, has long been unavailable in North America. It is now being reissued in paperback from to satisfy the continuing demand for copies of the book. In brief, the subject of von Rad's study of Hebrew wisdom is Israel's willingness to ground faith in encounter with the world as the creation of God. Those familiar with the author's Old Testament Theology will recall how he identified two great watersheds in the history of Israel's thought. The first was the rise of the prophetic movement, which occasioned a radica.

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Preface; Translator's Note; Abbreviations; PART ONE INTRODUCTION; I The Problem; II Centres and Transmitters of the Didactic Traditions; III The Forms in which Knowledge is Expressed; PART TWO THE LIBERATION OF REASON AND THE RESULTANT PROBLEMS; IV Knowledge and the Fear of God; V The Significance of Orders for Correct Social Behaviour; VI Limits of Wisdom; PART THREE INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION; VII The Essentials for Coping with Reality; VIII The Doctrine of the Proper Time; IX The Self-Revelation of Creation; X The Polemic against Idols; XI Wisdom and Cult (Excursus)

XII Trust and AttackXIII The Wisdom of Jesus Sirach; XIV The Divine Determination of Times (Excursus); XV Conclusion

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