The Social World Of The Hebrew Sages

Author : Mark s. Sneed
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451479875
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social World of the Sages written by Mark s. Sneed and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there evidence for a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel? Mark R. Sneed redefines the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books that educated scribal apprentices in moral instruction. Sneed discusses the data for scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East, suggesting that wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom literature. Maps and illustrations included.

Author : Abingdon Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687344048
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social World of the Hebrew Sages written by Abingdon Press and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the social world of the Hebrew sages and the anthropology of ancient Israel's Wisdom literature. As opposed to previous interpretations of and introductions to Israelite Wisdom, which is often treated by scholars as a socially detached phenomenon, this book will enliven the Wisdom tradition, "historicizing" it with a socio-anthropological perspective that pays close attention to literary artistry. Sneed presents a three-dimensional picture of the wisdom tradition against its historical background and the everyday life of ancient Israel. The book examines such topics as societal values, norms, laws, folkways, customs, patriarchalism, theodicy, sexuality, social class conflict, the action-consequence-connection, marriage, education, socialization, racism, ideology, Old Testament ethics, and dissidence. A social-world perspective will inform this introduction to the standard Israelite Wisdom texts (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ben Sira, and Wisdom of Solomon), and the social location of the authors of these texts will receive extensive treatment. A chapter on Jesus as sage and another that reflects on the authority of modern wisdom for religious congregations today will conclude the book. This book will serve as a main text for courses at colleges and seminaries (Wisdom Literature). It will also be used as a supplementary text in university departments of Bible, religion, and theology, in such courses as Wisdom Literature, Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and the Religion of Ancient Israel.

Author : Mark R. Sneed
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1451470363
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social World of the Sages written by Mark R. Sneed and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Is there evidence for a distinct 'wisdom tradition' in ancient Israel? Mark R. Sneed redefines the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books that educated scribal apprentices in moral instruction. Sneed discusses the data for scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East, suggesting that wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom literature"--

Author : Richard Kalmin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134642784
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity written by Richard Kalmin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-02-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity explores the social position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian) society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late antiquity. The author argues that ancient rabbinic sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis.

Author : Daniel Bar-Tal
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 145222188X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shared Beliefs in a Society written by Daniel Bar-Tal and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2000-07-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...carefully argued, this book will have special appeal to graduate students, faculty, social psychologists (notably those yearning for Lewinian Approaches), and group-oriented sociologists. —Choice What kind of shared beliefs in a society are of importance to social systems? What functions do they fulfill? How are they informed and disseminated? What are the societal consequences of shared beliefs? All of these questions are addressed in this book in which Daniel Bar-Tal develops the notion of societal psychology, which he states can contribute a social-psychological perspective to the study of a wide range of social problems in a society. He shows how societal psychology can fulfill the promise of early social psychologists by directing attention to the societal and cultural contexts in which individuals live and by examining the reciprocal influence between these contexts and individuals. In this comprehensive volume, four themes of societal belief: patriotism, security, siege mentality, and deligitimization, are examined through well-defined examples and systematic analysis. Researchers, students and practitioners in social psychology, sociology, political science and anthropology will be stimulated and engaged by this important contribution to the field.

Author : Shmuly Yanklowitz
Publisher : Derusha Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781935104148
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Ethics and Social Justice written by Shmuly Yanklowitz and published by Derusha Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We make religion irrelevant when we lock it up in the house of prayer - when we keep religion away from the streets. If we want Judaism to matter in today's world, we must respond - deeply - to society's call. The Torah is a living tradition that we need to bring to the most urgent social issues of our time. We must fully enter the public arena, recognizing that our common responsibilities transcend our particular paths. The essence of spiritual life shines at the core of all the crude and harsh realities we see every day - and when we ignore these realities, we are like blind fish completely unaware of the very water in which they swim. Jewish Ethics & Social Justice is a collection of sweeping meditations on how to make Judaism universally relevant again. Explore hot social issues - global hunger, prison reform, worker rights, and more - through the eyes of the Jewish ethical tradition. Learn about the core values of Jewish activism - discover a deeper connection to the timeless issu

Author : Theodore Gerald Soares
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Institutions and Ideals of the Bible written by Theodore Gerald Soares and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don C Benjamin
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 022790625X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social World of Deuteronomy written by Don C Benjamin and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Deuteronomy is not an orphan. It belongs to a diverse family of legal traditions and cultures in the world of the Bible. The Social World of Deuteronomy: A New Feminist Commentary brings these traditions and cultures to life and uses them to enrich our understanding and appreciation of Deuteronomy today. Don C. Benjamin uses social-scientific criticism to reconstruct the social institutions where Deuteronomy developed, as well as those that appear in its traditions. He uses feministcriticism to better understand and appreciate how powerful elite males in Deuteronomy view not only the women, daughters, mothers, wives and widows in their households but also their powerless children, liminal people, slaves, prisoners, outsiders, livestock and nature. Through the lens of feminist theory, Benjamin explores important aspects of the daily lives of these often overlooked peoples in ancient Israel.

Author : Will Kynes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190661275
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible written by Will Kynes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of leading scholars presents reflections on both wisdom as a general concept throughout history and cultures, as well as the contested nature of the category of Wisdom Literature. The first half of the collection explores wisdom more generally with essays on its relationship to skill, epistemology, virtue, theology, and order. Wisdom is examined in a number of different contexts, such as historically in the Hebrew Bible and its related cultures, in Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as in Patristic and Rabbinic interpretation. Additionally, wisdom is examined in its continuing relevance in Islamic, Jewish, and Christian thought, as well as from feminist, environmental, and other contextual perspectives. The second half of the volume considers "Wisdom Literature" as a category. Scholars address its relation to the Solomonic Collection, its social setting, literary genres, chronological development, and theology. Wisdom Literature's relation to other biblical literature (law, history, prophecy, apocalyptic, and the broad question of "Wisdom influence") is then discussed before separate chapters on the texts commonly associated with the category. Contributors take a variety of approaches to the current debates surrounding the viability and value of Wisdom Literature as a category and its proper relationship to the concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. Though the organization of the volume highlights the independence of wisdom as concept from "Wisdom Literature" as a category, seeking to counter the lack of attention given to this question in the traditional approach, the inclusion of both topics together in the same volume reflects their continued interconnection. As such, this handbook both represents the current state of Wisdom scholarship and sets the stage for future developments.

Author : Katherine J. Dell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110848316X
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature written by Katherine J. Dell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to wisdom texts, and the major changes in the approach to different biblical and non-biblical wisdom books.