The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction (2003 Goff), book
The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction (2003) is a book by Matthew Goff.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in Leiden: Brill, 2003, and in Boston: Brill, 2003.
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
- 5. 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