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Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism: Challenging the Integration Paradigm

Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism: Challenging the Integration Paradigm

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Bible Studies

ISBN10: 162837778X
ISBN13: 9781628377781
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: Oct 10 2025
Pages: 502
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

While many scholars assume that wisdom texts eventually merged with or were shaped by Torah traditions, JiSeong James Kwon employs a discourse-critical approach to analyze Proverbs, Ben Sira, the Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Deuteronomy, demonstrating how wisdom literature maintained an independent identity and theological orientation distinct from the legal traditions of the Torah. Kwon demonstrates that Jewish intellectual production remained pluralistic in form, genre, and theological orientation throughout the Persian and Hellenistic periods.

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