| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 359 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Anchor Bible ; v. 43 |
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Bible. English. Anchor Bible. 1964 ; v. 43.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Contents -- Structure -- Authorship: single or composite -- Language and style -- Genre -- Date -- Religious ideas -- Wisdom of Solomon and Philo of Alexandria -- Purpose -- Manuscripts and versions -- Status and influence -- Selected bibliography -- Translation and notes -- Part I: Wisdom's gift of immortality (1--6:21) -- Exhortation to justice which brings immortality (1:1-15) -- Speech of the wicked who have covenanted with death (1:16-2:24) -- Sufferings of the immortal just only a trial (3:1-12) -- Sterility of the virtuous will ultimately be converted to fruitfulness (3:13-4:6) -- Early death a token of God's solicitous care (4:7-20) -- Vindication of the just and final judgment (5:1-23) -- Exhortation to wisdom which is easily found and bring immortality and sovereignty (6:1-21) -- Part II: The nature and power of wisdom and Solomon's quest for her (6:22--10:21) -- The nature of wisdom and her mysteries will be revealed (6:22-25) -- Solomon is only a mortal (7:1-6) -- Solomon prefers wisdom above all else (7:7-14) -- God is sole source of all-encompassing wisdom (7:15-22a) -- Nature of wisdom: her twenty-one attributes (7:22b-24) -- Fivefold metaphor describing wisdom's essence and her unique efficacy (7:25-8:1) -- Solomon sought to make wisdom his bride (8:2-16) -- Wisdom a sheer gift of God's grace (8:17-21) -- Without wisdom no human enterprise can succeed (9:1-6) -- Without wisdom, Solomon could not reign (9:7-12) -- Divine wisdom brought men salvation (9:13-18) -- An ode to wisdom's saving power in history (19-20)-- From Adam to Moses (10:1-14) -- The exodus (10:15-21) -- Part III: Divine wisdom or justice in the exodus (11-19) -- First antithesis: Nile water changed to blood, but Israelites obtained water from the desert rock (11:1-14) -- Excursus I: Nature and purpose of divine mercy (22-24) -- God's mercy toward the Egyptians and its causes (his might and the source of his merciful love) (11:15-12:2) -- God's mercy toward the Canaanites and its causes (12:3-18) -- God's mercy a model lesson for Israel (12:19-22) -- Return to theme of measure for measure and transition to second Excursus (12:23-27) -- Excusus II: On idolatry (24-31) -- Mindless nature worship (13:1-9) -- Wretched wooden-image making (13:10-14:11) -- Origin and evil consequences of idolatry (14:12-31) -- Israel's immunity from idolatry (15:1-6) -- Malicious manufacture of clay figurines (15:1-6) -- Folly of Egyptian idolatry (15:14-19) -- Second antithesis: Egyptians hunger through animal plague, but Israel enjoys exotic quail food (16:1-4) -- Third antithesis: Egyptians slain by locusts and flies but Israel survives attack through the bronze serpent, symbol of salvation (16:5-14) -- Fourth antithesis: Equptians plagues by thunderstorms, but Israel fed by a rain of manna (16:15-29) -- Fifth antithesis: Egyptians terrified by darkness, but Israel illuminated with bright light and guided through desert by a pillar of fire (17:1-18:4) 00 Sixth antithesis: Egyptian firstborn destroyed, but Israel protected and glorified (18:5-25) -- Seventh antithesis: Egyptians drowned in the sea, but Israel passes safely through (19:1-9) -- Retrospective review of God's wonders through which nature was refashioned for Israel (19:10-12) -- Egypt more blameworthy than Sodom (19:13-17) -- Transposition of the elements (19:18-21) -- Concluding doxology (19:22). |
| Note |
Errata slip inserted. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [70]-96. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Subject |
Bible. Wisdom of Solomon -- Commentaries.
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Wijsheid van Salomo (bijbelboek)
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| Added Author |
Winston, David, 1927-
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| ISBN |
0385016441: 14.00 |
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