The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction (2003 Goff), book

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The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction (2003) is a book by Matthew Goff.

Editions

Published in Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 50).

Table of contents

• 1. Common Wisdom? The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Text of 4QInstruction
  • 3. Scholarly Assessments of 4QInstruction
  • 4. The Core Issue
• 2. "Understand Your Mysteries": The Theme of Revelation in 4QInstruction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Epistemology of Biblical Wisdom
  • 3. The Disclosure of Knowledge in the Apocalyptic Tradition
  • 4. Revelation in 4QInstruction: The רז נהיה
  • C5. Conclusion
• 3. The "Spiritual People" and the "Fleshly Spirit": The Instruction of 4Q417 1 i 13-18
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Vision of Hagu Pericope
  • 3. Conclusion
  • Excursus: "Spiritual" and "Fleshly" Types of Humankind in Paul
• 4. Poverty, Financial Instruction, and the Elect Status of the Addressee
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Poverty in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
  • 3. Poverty and Financial Advice in 4QInstruction
  • 4. Conclusion
• 5. Theophanic Judgment and Eternal Life: The Eschatology of 4QInstruction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Judgment and Eschatology in 4QInstruction
  • 3. The Fate of the Righteous
  • 4. Conclusion
• 6. 4QInformation's Transformation of Wisdom
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 4QInstruction and the Sectarian Question
  • 3. The Date and Social Setting of 4QInstruction

External links

• Google Books (partial text)