God's Twilight Zone : wisdom in the Hebrew Bible / T.A. Perry.

Author/creator Perry, T. Anthony, 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoPeabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, ©2008.
Descriptionxxi, 208 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Creating and maintaining a righteous world. Genesis, book of the righteous, or what is a tsaddik? ; Genesis, book of dreams, and Joseph the Tsaddik ; Pharaoh's anti-wisdom ideology : the semantic puzzle of "going up from the earth/land" (Exod 1:10) -- Interpreting in the twilight zone. Samson's riddles and the signs of redemption (Judg 14) ; On proverb formation : "Is Saul too among the prophets?" (1 Sam 10:11-12; 19:24) ; Solomon the Wise and the split-baby story (1 Kgs 3:16-29) ; Wisdom's call to humans : Psalm 1 as a dialogic prologue -- The rebirth of vulnerability and wonder. Planning the twilight years : Qohelet's advice on aging and death (Qoh 12:1-8) ; Wisdom begins in wonder : the riddle of Proverbs 30:18-20 -- Excursus : righteousness in the Ethics of the fathers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and indexes.
LCCN 2007037387
ISBN9781598562279 (alk. paper)
ISBN1598562274 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BS 680.W6 P47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold