Wisdom's Root Revealed: Ben Sira and the Election of Israel (2009 Goering), book

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Wisdom's Root Revealed: Ben Sira and the Election of Israel (2009) is a book by Greg Schmidt Goering.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2009 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 139).

Table of contents

  • Wisdom, Torah, and election: an introduction to the study
  • Election and creation: the sun, the moon, and Israel's chosenness
  • Election and revelation: general and special wisdom
  • Election and tradition: the preservation and transmission of wisdom
  • Election and piety : the "fear of YHWH"
  • Election and eschatology: Israel among the nations
  • Conclusion : Ben Sira and the election of Israel.

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