Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity
Studies in Exercise and Exemplarity
Series: Education, Literary Culture, and Religious Practice in the Ancient World;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
- Date of Publication 26 January 2023
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780567697998
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 474
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Long description:
Moving away from focusing on wisdom as a literary genre, this book delves into the lived, embodied and formative dimensions of wisdom as they are delineated in Jewish sources from the Persian, Hellenistic and early Roman eras. Considering a diverse body of texts beyond later canonical boundaries, the book demonstrates that wisdom features not as an abstract quality, but as something to be performed and exercised at both the individual and community level.
The analysis specifically concentrates on notions of a 'wise' person, including the rise of the sage as an exemplary figure. It also looks at how ancestral figures and contemporary teachers are imagined to manifest and practice wisdom, and considers communal portraits of a wise and virtuous life. In so doing, the author demonstrates that the previous focus on wisdom as a category of literature has overshadowed significant questions related to wisdom, behaviour and social life. Jewish wisdom is also contextualized in relation to its wider ancient Mediterranean milieu, making the book valuable for biblical scholars, classicists, scholars of religion and the ancient Near East and theologians.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Permissions
Introduction
1. Living Embodiments of Wisdom: The Sage as an Exemplar
2. Learning and Lifestyle: The Everyday Performance of Wisdom Teachers
3. Shared Wisdom: Ideal Ways of Living in Jewish Communities
4. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity: Studies in Exercise and Exemplarity
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