Wisdom & Creation: The Theology of Wisdom Literature (1994 Perdue), book

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Wisdom & Creation: The Theology of Wisdom Literature (1994) is a book by Leo G. Perdue.

Abstract

"A comprehensive, systematic account of the theology of the Wisdom tradition. Perdue asserts that Wisdom literature is grounded in the theological tradition of creation. The contemporary importance of the creation theology of Wisdom literature is that it can move the church away from a one-sided emphasis on salvation history and eschatology to a serious participation in environmental concerns and social justice."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1994 / repr. 2009.

Contents

Part 1. Wisdom and Old Testament theology: issues and approaches. Where shall wisdom be found? Old Testament theology and wisdom literature -- "Come to me, those who are unlearned, and lodge in my school": imagination, rhetoric, and social location in wisdom literature -- Part 2. The theology of wisdom literature. "The Lord created me at the beginning of His work": creation and moral discourse in Proverbs -- "You have not spoken rightly about me": the book of Job and the imagining of God in human torment -- "I will make a test of pleasure": the tyranny of God and Qoheleth's quest for the good -- "I covered the earth like a mist": cosmos and history in Ben Sira -- "Wisdom, the artificer of all, instructed me": creation and redemption in the wisdom of Solomon -- Part 3. Wisdom theology, sapiential imagination, and metaphor. "Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars:" summary and conclusions.

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