Wisdom Texts from Qumran (1996 Harrington), book
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Wisdom Texts from Qumran (1996) is a book by Daniel J. Harrington.
Abstract
"This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After surveying biblical and extrabiblical wisdom books, the author considers the best and most fully preserved wisdom texts from Qumran. The centrepiece of the book is a discussion of the large wisdom instruction known as Sapiential Work A. Also, the author reflects on the relevance of those texts for the study of early Judaism and Christianity. An appendix treats the Ben Sira scroll from Masada."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in New York, NY: Routledge, 1996 and in London: Routledge, 1996.
Table of contents
- 1. Introduction to Wisdom at Qumran
- 2. Israel's Wisdom Tradition
- 3. Biblical Wisdom Texts and Targums at Qumran
- 4. Wisdom in the Psalms Scroll from Cave 11
- 5. Folly and Wisdom in 4Q184-185
- 6. A Large Wisdom Instruction (Sapiential Work A)
- 7. Other Qumran Wisdom Instructions
- 8. "Sectarian" Wisdom
- 9. Wisdom Texts from Qumran and Early Judaism
- 10. Wisdom Texts from Qumran and Early Christianity