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120 pages 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-110. Bibliographical footnotes) I. Proverbs 1-9 and the problem of wisdom -- II. The book of the ten discourses -- The ten discourses -- III. The ten discourses and the Egyptian instructions: Fundamental concepts -- A. The Egyptian instructions -- The concept of maat -- The gods -- The ideal man -- The nature of authority and the purpose of the instructions -- B. The end discourses -- The concept of order -- Doctrine of God -- The ideal man -- The nature of authority and the purpose of the discourses -- C. Conclusions IV. The development of the concept of wisdom -- A. Two types of wisdom passage -- B. The figure of wisdom: First stage -- The personification theory -- The mythological theories -- A Canaanite goddess of wisdom? -- Supposed mythological features -- The purpose and function of the wisdom passages -- C. The figure of wisdom: Second stage -- The 'fear' of Yahweh -- The divine origin of wisdom -- V. Epilogue

Author

[by] R. N. Whybray

Publisher

Naperville, Ill., A.R. Allenson

Published

1965

Language

EN

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Bible