An Obituary for "wisdom literature" : The Birth, death, and intertextual reintegration of a Biblical corpus

An obituary for "Wisdom Literature" considers the definitional issues long plaguing Wisdom scholarship. Will Kynes argues that Wisdom Literature is not a category used in early Jewish and Christian interpretation. It first emerged in modern scholarship, shaped by its birthplace in... Full description

Main Author:	Kynes, Will.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018
Subjects:	WISDOM LITERATURE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION ETC.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

LEADER	02030nam a2200169 4500
020		\|a 9780191823091
082		\|a DTL 223.06 \|b KYN
100		\|a Kynes, Will.
245		\|a An Obituary for "wisdom literature" : \|b The Birth, death, and intertextual reintegration of a Biblical corpus \|h [electronic resource]
260		\|a Oxford : \|b Oxford University Press, \|c 2018.
300		\|a eBook
500		\|a Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
520		\|a An obituary for "Wisdom Literature" considers the definitional issues long plaguing Wisdom scholarship. Will Kynes argues that Wisdom Literature is not a category used in early Jewish and Christian interpretation. It first emerged in modern scholarship, shaped by its birthplace in nineteenth-century Germany. Kynes casts new light on the traits long associated with the category, such as universalism, humanism, rationalism, empiricism, and secularism, which so closely reflect the ideals of that time. Since it was originally assembled to reflect modern ideals, it is not surprising that biblical scholars have faced serious difficulties defining the corpus on another basis or integrating it into the theology of the Old Testament. The problem, however, is not only why the texts were perceived in this one way, but that they are perceived in only one way at all. The book builds on recent theories from literary studies and cognitive science to create a new alternative approach to genre that integrates hermeneutical insight from various genre proposals. This theory is then applied to Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs, mapping out the complex textual network contributing to their meaning. With the death of the Wisdom Literature category, both the so-called Wisdom texts and the concept of wisdom find new life.
650		\|a WISDOM LITERATURE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION ETC.
856		\|3 DTL \|u http://thedtl.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1124955836 \|y DTL ePlatform \|z Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
900		\|a 36999
949		\|a External Holdings \|b Ebook \|h DTL 223.06 KYN \|p D01730 \|s Ebooks

An Obituary for "wisdom literature" : The Birth, death, and intertextual reintegration of a Biblical corpus

Similar Items