In search of wisdom : essays in memory of John G. Gammie

Author(s)

• Gammie, John G.
• Perdue, Leo G.
• Scott, Bernard Brandon
• Wiseman, William Johnston

Bibliographic Information

In search of wisdom : essays in memory of John G. Gammie

edited by Leo G. Perdue, Bernard Brandon Scott, William Johnston Wiseman

Westminster/John Knox Press, c1993

• :alk. paper

Note

"Biblical studies" -- on back cover

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive study of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, in selected intertestamental and Rabbinic texts, and in the New Testament. An introductory essay summarizes the various meanings of wisdom in current research and offers an accurate understanding of the term. With seventeen essays by leading scholars, this helpful book allows students to identify and understand the presence of wisdom in the Bible and related literatures.

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Details

• NCID: BA21927484
• ISBN:
  • 0664252958
• LCCN: 93031957
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Louisville
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 318 p.
• Size: 23 cm.
• Classification:
  • LCC : BS680.W6
  • DC20 : 220.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wisdom (Biblical personification)
  • LCSH : Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc