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<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiii</p> <p>Abbreviations xiv</p> <p>Editors’ Introduction 1<br /><i>Samuel L. Adams and Matthew Goff</i></p> <p><b>I. Texts 11</b></p> <p>1 Proverbs 13<br /><i>Jacqueline Vayntrub</i></p> <p>2 Job 30<br /><i>Davis Hankins</i></p> <p>3 Ecclesiastes 49<br /><i>Jennie Grillo</i></p> <p>4 Psalms 67<br /><i>William P. Brown</i></p> <p>5 Sirach/Ben Sira 87<br /><i>Bradley C. Gregory</i></p> <p>6 Wisdom of Solomon 104<br /><i>Randall D. Chesnutt</i></p> <p>7 Wisdom Texts From the Dead Sea Scrolls 122<br /><i>Elisa Uusimäki</i></p> <p>8 Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint (LXX) 139<br /><i>Patrick Pouchelle</i></p> <p><b>II. Themes 157</b></p> <p>9 The Figure of Solomon 159<br /><i>Blake A. Jurgens</i></p> <p>10 Female Imagery in Wisdom Literature 177<br /><i>Tova Forti</i></p> <p>11 Scribes and Pedagogy in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism 195<br /><i>Matthew Goff</i></p> <p>12 God in Wisdom Literature 213<br /><i>James L. Crenshaw</i></p> <p>13 Jewish Wisdom in the Contest of Hellenistic Philosophy and Culture: Pseudo‐Phocylides and Philo of Alexandria 229<br /><i>Michael Cover</i></p> <p>14 Wisdom and Apocalypticism 248<br /><i>Jason M. Zurawski</i></p> <p>15 The Orality of Wisdom Literature 267<br /><i>Timothy J. Sandoval</i></p> <p><b>III. Antecedents 287</b></p> <p>16 Ahiqar and Other Legendary Sages 289<br /><i>Seth A. Bledsoe</i></p> <p>17 Wisdom Literature in Egypt 310<br /><i>Samuel L. Adams</i></p> <p>18 Mesopotamian Wisdom 328<br /><i>Nili Samet</i></p> <p><b>IV. Reception 349</b></p> <p>19 Wisdom in the New Testament 351<br /><i>Benjamin Wold</i></p> <p>20 Wisdom and the Rabbis 368<br /><i>Ari Mermelstein</i></p> <p>21 The Wisdom Tradition in Early Christianity through Late Antiquity 389<br /><i>Carson Bay</i></p> <p>22 Jewish Sapiential Traditions in the Nag Hammadi Library 412<br /><i>Dylan M. Burns</i></p> <p>23 The Sapiential Books in the Latin Middle Ages 429<br /><i>Gilbert Dahan</i></p> <p>24 The Reception History of Job 447<br /><i>Mark Larrimore</i></p> <p>25 Wisdom from African Proverbs Meets Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs 464<br /><i>Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele)</i></p> <p>26 Cinematic Wisdom: Film and Biblical Wisdom Literature 479<br /><i>Matthew S. Rindge</i></p> <p>Index 496</p>

<p>“…a strength of this volume is its breadth, and readers who are looking for an introduction to wisdom in the Hellenistic period and beyond will welcome this volume.” – Lance Hawley for <b>Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology</b>, 2021, Vol. 75(3) 252–271</p>

<p><b>Samuel L. Adams</b> is the Mary Jane and John F. McNair Chair of Biblical Studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary. He received his PhD from Yale University in 2006. He is the author of monographs on wisdom literature and economics in the biblical world, and editor of the journal <i>Interpretation.</i> <p><b>Matthew Goff</b> is Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. His research focuses on the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism. He has written extensively on the sapiential and apocalyptic literature of ancient Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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