Clements, Ronald E. Primary Author mixed material bibliography Grand Rapids W.B. Eerdmans 1992 monographic 0802805760 en English

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In this book respected Old Testament scholar Ronald Clements explores and elucidates a much-debated sub-ject-the place and significance of the Old Testament wisdom writings in Jewish and Christian theology. Based on the Didsbury Lectures delivered by Clements at British Isles Nazarene College in October 1989, Wisdom in Theology first looks at the wisdom tradition in terms of its ancient Near Eastern background, its distinctiveness in Israelite life, and its historical devel-opment. Clements then discusses major wisdom themes under various headings: (1) wisdom and the world, (2) wisdom and health, (3) wisdom and politics, (4) wisdom and the household, and (5) wisdom and the divine realm. In explicating the unique role of the wisdom tradition, particularly in post-exilic Israel, Clements shows how wisdom, as opposed to the torah and prophecy, provided the Jews of the dispersion with the basis for a new, noncultic, universalistic worldview. Clements's scholarly discussion demonstrates to modern readers how much is yet to be learned regarding the in-heritance of wisdom from the ancient world. 230 Perpustakaan STTB Bandung Theological Seminary 230 Cle w E09006780 Non Fiction 230 Cle w-2 E93015409 Non Fiction 230 Cle w Wisdom_in_Theology.jpg 61974 2014-12-16 10:48:29 2025-08-13 17:19:36 machine generated