Download or read book Les cinq livres des sages written by Maurice Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les livres de sagesse de l'Ancien Testament, moins commentés que d'autres textes de la Bible, attirent de nouveau l'attention en ce début du XXIe siècle. Le malheur a voulu que les sagesses antiques, celles du Proche-Orient ancien dans lequel s'inscrit la sagesse d'Israël, disparaissent souvent même avant l'ère chrétienne. La Bible, qui a conservé par écrit ces témoignages (fait presque unique dans l'histoire de l'humanité), permet d'accéder à des siècles de culture. Et, de nos jours, la valeur formatrice de ces dictons, proverbes et réflexions sur la vie de l'homme sur terre frappe d'autant plus que la modernité la menace. Par ailleurs, un nombre impressionnant de textes du Nouveau Testament voient en Jésus un maître de sagesse et on le présente plus d'une fois en utilisant les traits propres de la Sagesse divine telle qu'elle apparaît dans l'Ancien Testament. Au moins pour ces deux raisons, il était bon de faire le point. Le lecteur simplement intéressé par le sujet trouvera ici un exposé méthodique de chacun des livres, un commentaire des textes les plus significatifs et une présentation des thèmes majeurs du courant sapientiel. Le chrétien y découvrira aussi comment ces vieux textes ont encore du sens pour sa vie d'homme et de croyant.

Download or read book Les Cinq Livres de la sagesse written by Alain Porte and published by Philippe Picquier. This book was released on 2012 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhapsodie d'histoires rédigées en sanskrit au vie siècle, dont la féerie animalière s'émaille de sagesse pratique, le Pancatantra est le plus ancien recueil de contes de l'Inde qui soit parvenu jusqu'à nous. A la demande d'un roi puissant désireux d'inculquer à ses trois fils quelques rudiments de discernement et de conduite, un saint brahmane releva le défi qu'on lui proposait : conduire en six mois les princes jusqu'aux rivages de l'entendement et du savoir. C'est ainsi qu'il entreprit de leur raconter des histoires. Les contes, qui forment cinq volets et se déroulent comme des guirlandes au dénouement toujours différé, parlent de stratégie politique, d'ambitions, de désirs, de guerre et de paix, de destin, d'alliances et d'amitié. Lions, éléphants, taureaux, corbeaux, hiboux, pigeons, rats, serpents, tortues et gazelles y mêlent leurs aventures à celles des rois, princes, ministres, moines, marchands, tisserands, barbiers, balayeurs et brigands. Et quelquefois les dieux.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible written by Will Kynes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of leading scholars presents reflections on both wisdom as a general concept throughout history and cultures, as well as the contested nature of the category of Wisdom Literature. The first half of the collection explores wisdom more generally with essays on its relationship to skill, epistemology, virtue, theology, and order. Wisdom is examined in a number of different contexts, such as historically in the Hebrew Bible and its related cultures, in Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as in Patristic and Rabbinic interpretation. Additionally, wisdom is examined in its continuing relevance in Islamic, Jewish, and Christian thought, as well as from feminist, environmental, and other contextual perspectives. The second half of the volume considers "Wisdom Literature" as a category. Scholars address its relation to the Solomonic Collection, its social setting, literary genres, chronological development, and theology. Wisdom Literature's relation to other biblical literature (law, history, prophecy, apocalyptic, and the broad question of "Wisdom influence") is then discussed before separate chapters on the texts commonly associated with the category. Contributors take a variety of approaches to the current debates surrounding the viability and value of Wisdom Literature as a category and its proper relationship to the concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. Though the organization of the volume highlights the independence of wisdom as concept from "Wisdom Literature" as a category, seeking to counter the lack of attention given to this question in the traditional approach, the inclusion of both topics together in the same volume reflects their continued interconnection. As such, this handbook both represents the current state of Wisdom scholarship and sets the stage for future developments.

Download or read book Pour lire les Sages written by Jean-Pierre Prévost and published by Editions du Cerf. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Si la réputation du pauvre Job, qui veut en découdre avec Dieu, ou de Salomon, devenu symbole de la justice, n'est plus à faire, connaît-on aujourd'hui encore l'enseignement des Sages de la Bible ? C'est que les livres poétiques de l'Ancien Testament, dispensant une théologie de l'existence, condensée en phrases sentencieuses, dictons ou encore proverbes, sont loin d'être aussi simples que la mémoire populaire les fait paraître. Fort de son savoir biblique et sur de sa pédagogie, Jean-Pierre Prévost offre une introduction à la fois historique, exégétique et théologique à Proverbes, Job, Qohélet, Siracide et Sagesse de Salomon. Car découvrir ce qu'est la véritable sagesse suppose de comprendre le sens de l'existence : les Sages nous parlent de la mort, de la souffrance, de la sanction, mais aussi des humbles réalités quotidiennes et de l'amour. Alors, par-delà l'enseignement de ces savants se dévoile la Sagesse, source originelle de la charité, dont Jésus, par l'Esprit Saint, est le Maître. Plus qu'un parcours biblique, une école de vie pour apprendre à reconnaître et à gouter les fruits de la Sagesse de Dieu.

Download or read book The Bible and Hellenism written by Thomas L. Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did the Bible only take its definitive form after Alexander conquered the Near East, after the Hellenisation of the Samaritans and Jews, and after the founding of the great library of Alexandria? The Bible and Hellenism takes up one of the most pressing and controversial questions of Bible Studies today: the influence of classical literature on the writing and formation of the Bible. Bringing together a wide range of international scholars, The Bible and Hellenism explores the striking parallels between biblical and earlier Greek literature and examines the methodological issues raised by such comparative study. The book argues that the oral traditions of historical memory are not the key factor in the creation of biblical narrative. It demonstrates that Greek texts – from such authors as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus and Plato – must be considered amongst the most important sources for the Bible.

Download or read book Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions written by Stefan C. Reif and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early Christians expressed their feelings within the prayers recorded in some of their literature. Specialists in their fields from academic institutions around the world have analysed important texts relating to this overall theme and to what is revealed with regard to such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The texts discussed are in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic and are important for a scientific understanding of how Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity developed their approaches to worship, to the construction of their theology and to the feelings that lay behind their religious ideas and practices. The articles contribute significantly to an historical understanding of how Jews maintained their earlier traditions but also came to terms with the ideology of the dominant Hellenistic culture that surrounded them.

Download or read book For Wisdom s Sake written by Nuria Calduch-Benages and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together twenty-four articles of Prof. Calduch-Benages' work on the book of Ben Sira over the last two decades. Some were written originally in English and others have been translated from Spanish and Italian originals. They are divided in three groups: introductory, thematic, and exegetical essays. The exegetical articles offer a detail study of several passages of the book, some of them pivotal in the structure of the book (Sir 2,1; 4,11-19; 6,22; 22,27–23,6; 23,27; 24,22; 27,30–28,7; 34,1-8; 34,9-12; 42,15–43,33; 43,27-33). The thematic essays deal with important theological issues such as canon and inspiration, wisdom, fear of the lord, trial, cult, prayer, forgiveness, and creation. Other no less important issues such as power and authority, dreams, travels, perfumes, animals and garments are discussed as well. Special attention is given to topics related with women, for instance, Ben Sira’s classification of wives, divorce, polygamy, and the absence of named women in the Praise of the Ancestors (Sir 44–50).

Download or read book Wisdom for Life written by Nuria Calduch-Benages and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Maurice Gilbert SJ is widely acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on biblical wisdom literature, in particular the Book of Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, on which he has produced many publications. This Festschrift, the third one in his honor, brings together twenty-four essays written by both established scholars who are friends and colleagues of Professor Gilbert and younger members of the field who wrote their doctoral dissertation under his guidance at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. There he was rector (1978–1984) and full professor until his retirement (1975–2011). The volume is divided into six main sections, focusing respectively on Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, and Psalms. Some essays display rigorous attention to textual and linguistic issues, whereas others deal with more theological questions (fear before God, joy in Qoheleth, arguments for justice in Wisdom of Solomon) or focus on the comparison between two books (for instance, Qoheleth and Sirach, Sirach and Genesis, Sirach and Tobit).

Download or read book Various Aspects of Worship in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature written by Géza G. Xeravits and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains papers read at the International Conference of the ISDCL, held in Budapest in 2015. The contributors explore various aspects of worship as reflected in the literature of Judaism from the Second Temple period to Late Antiquity. The volume provides a fresh reading of various crucial issues especially within Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Rabbinic literature, Gnostic traditions, and the emerging synagogue. The papers analyse texts and artefacts that reveal how various groups of Judaism understood the concept of worship—a pre-eminent form of expressing religious identity and interpreting fundamental traditions.

Download or read book Reading Proverbs Intertextually written by Katharine J. Dell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting alongside the partner volumes Reading Job Intertextually (2012) and Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually (2014) also published in the Library of Hebrew and Old testament Studies, this addition to the series continues the study of intertextuality in the Hebrew Bible. Dell and Kynes provide the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Proverbs. Topics addressed include the intertextual resonances between Proverbs, and texts across the Hebrew canon, as well as texts throughout history, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to African and Chinese proverbial literature. The contributions, though comprehensive, do not provide clear-cut answers, but rather invite further study into connections between Proverbs and external texts, highlighting ideas and issues in relation to the extra texts discussed themselves. The volume gathers together scholars with specific expertise on the array of texts that intersect with Proverbs and these scholars in turn bring their own insights to the texts at hand. In particular the contributors have been encouraged to pursue the intertextual approach that best suits their topic, thereby offering readers a valuable collection of intertextual case studies that address a single biblical book.

Download or read book Text Theology and Trowel written by Lidia D. Matassa and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text, Theology, and Trowel consists of ten essays on the understanding and reception of the Hebrew Bible in Judaism and Christianity. Textual exegesis, historical contexts, and modern reception of the Hebrew text are placed side by side to encourage interdisciplinary study. Two theologically minded essays are included to help overcome the biblical studies/theology dichotomy. By placing such divergent approaches together, this volume will help expand ways of thinking about the Bible and its cognate fields.

Download or read book Job 38 42 Volume 18B written by David J. A. Clines and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Download or read book Wisdom Epistemology in the Psalter written by John Kartje and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a comparative epistemological analysis of the wisdom motifs in Psalms 1, 73, 90, and 107. These texts were selected on the basis of their epistemological content (each confronts the relationship between virtue and prosperity), and their canonical placement within the Psalter (each begins one of the Psalter’s five “Books”). We explore the implications of their respective epistemological features for our understanding of the canonical structure of the Psalter. After developing a diagnostic method for the identification and analysis of the epistemological features within a biblical text, we apply it to each of the four psalms, and discuss their epistemological qualities with respect to their canonical placement in the Psalter. We find that an epistemic progression develops across the canonical ordering of the four psalms. While the psalmists are increasingly forthright in acknowledging the moral paradox that the righteous often suffer, while the wicked can prosper, they engage this paradox with ever more sophisticated responses. Although Yhwh is ultimately the source of all wisdom, human beings can facilitate their acquisition of knowledge by seeking him out intentionally, by questioning him directly, and by observing him with a heart focused on learning.

Download or read book Le livre du gentil et des trois sages written by Ramon Llull and published by éditions de l’éclat. This book was released on 1992 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poets Prophets and Sages written by Robert Gordis and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statesman.--Micah's vision of the end-time.--All men's book: the book of Job.--The temptation of Job.--The wisdom of Koheleth.--The Song of songs.

Download or read book Le Livre des sages written by Alphonse Constant and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Classified Bibliography on Ecclesiastes written by David J. H. Beldman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive listing of bibliographical references to writings on the book of Ecclesiastes, beginning from 1900. Rather than being presented in alphabetical order, these references are classified according to genre, chapter, subject and theme; among the myriad of classifications are biblical theology, commentaries, death and the afterlife, God/the divine, joy, language, sexuality, structure and wisdom. These classifications have been selected by specialists of Ecclesiastes, in order to guide scholars and researchers through the wealth of secondary material available and to prompt further research on the text. Through its collation of the incredible amount of bibliographical data on the book of Ecclesiastes, this collection will prove a vital resource for those working on Ecclesiastes for years to come.