• 'Wisdom' as Mask and Mirror: Methodological Questions for 'Wisdom's' Dialogue with the Canon.

    Author(s):
    Will Kynes (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Subject(s):
    Wisdom literature, Prophecy, Intertextuality
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Biblical Wisdom literature, form criticism, Old Testament Prophecy
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/e0v6-k881
    Abstract:
    While endorsing the overall project of this volume, I raise in this essay two significant questions about how this relationship between Wisdom and Prophecy should be explored. First, is the term “Wisdom” as a designation for a category of biblical books more of a hindrance than a help? Recently, the questions about the viability of “Wisdom” as a category are beginning to mount. The vague, arbitrary, and subjective category may indeed be a mask that distorts the meaning of its contents. Worse than that, the level of abstraction from the text at which the genre seeks to unify these diverse books invites scholars to import their modern presuppositions into their interpretation. The second question that must be considered when exploring Wisdom’s relationship with Prophecy is whether form criticism is the best starting place for this comparison.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.5040/9780567671660.0006
    Publisher:
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
    Pub. Date:
    2018-8-29
    Book Title:
    Riddles and Revelations: Explorations into the Relationship between Wisdom and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible
    Author/Editor:
    Edited by Mark J. Boda, Russel L. Meek, and Rusty Osborne
    Page Range:
    19 - 29
    ISBN:
    9780567671660
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    1 year ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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