Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism

includes index and biblioraphy

is wisdom Literature a useful category ...........3 The theme of long - range planning in the joseph narrative and some second temple period writings .............24 A reflection on the nature of wisdom from psalm 1 to mesopotamian traditions..........43 Spiritual formation in hellenistic jewish wisdom teaching ..............57 Ben sira and hellenistic literature in greek .......71 Sage as prophet? Allusion and reconfiguration in ben sira and other second temple wisdom texts .........89 Sages and saints:continuous study and transformation in musar le-mevin and serekh- ha-yahad.........106 Searching for wisdom in and beyond 4 Qinstruction.............119 The simple bare necessities :Is pss. Sol. 5a wisdom prayer ......138 Pirqe avot and wisdom traditions .......155 The wisdom tradition in rabbinic literature and mishnah avot ..........172 Manuals of Mantic wisdom: From the dead sce scroll to the cairo genizah .........................191