Wisdom discourse in the ancient world / edited by Sara De Martin and Anna Lucia Furlan.
| Other author | De Martin, Sara. |
| Other author | Furlan, Anna Lucia. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Abstract | "This book moves beyond the debate on 'wisdom literature', ongoing in Biblical Studies, demonstrating the productivity of 'wisdom' as a literary category. Featuring work by scholars of Egyptology, Classics, Biblical and Near Eastern Studies, it offers fresh perspectives on what makes a text 'wisdom'. This interdisciplinary volume widens the scope of the investigation into 'wisdom literature', chronologically, geographically, and methodologically. Readers are given insights into how the label 'wisdom' contributes to our understanding of diverse literary forms across time periods and cultural contexts. In the volume's introduction, the editors consider 'wisdom' as a 'discourse', shifting the focus from the debate on whether 'wisdom literature' is a genre, to the properties of the texts, namely exploring what makes a text 'wisdom'. This offers a methodological backdrop against which the diverse approaches of the single authors productively coexist, showing how different methodologies can be integrated to reframe our conceptions of ancient literary genres. The chapters in this volume examine texts that are the products of different ancient cultures, with several of them bridging diverse cultural, social, and chronological contexts. By sampling how different methodologies interact both within individual interpretative efforts and in wider attempts to understand cross-cultural literary phenomena, this volume also contributes new perspectives to the scholarship on ancient literary genres. Wisdom Discourse in the Ancient World will interest both students and scholars of the Ancient Near East, Egyptology, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies, and Theology and Religious Studies, particularly those working on wisdom literature in antiquity. It will also appeal to readers with an interest in comparative approaches and genre studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024018970 |
| ISBN | 9781032778587 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032778549 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |