The wisdom literature

Abstract

In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make biblical intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote occasional proverb, say a few things about the problem of evil in Job, or quote vanity of vanities, but far more rewarding to read whole book with an appreciative and informed eye. Opening chapters of The Wisdom Literature comment on striking similarities between ancient and modern wisdom literature and on comparable from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan. Thereafter, a chapter is devoted to each biblical book (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon), studying not only its content but also its rhetoric - how it engages reader.

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