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Turning Proverbs Towards Torah: An Analysis of 4Q525

By Elisa Uusimäki

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9004313397, 9789004313392
ISSN
0169-9962
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (8952057 bytes)
Series
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 117
Pages
xii+360\374
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-05-22 05:46:41
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Description

In Turning Proverbs towards Torah, Elisa Uusimäki offers the first monograph on the early Jewish wisdom text 4Q525 from Qumran. Following the reconstruction of the fragmentary manuscript, Uusimäki analyses the text with a focus on the reception and renewal of the Proverbs tradition and the ways in which 4Q525 illustrates aspects of Jewish pedagogy in the late Second Temple period. She argues that the author was inspired by Proverbs 1-9 but sought to demonstrate that true wisdom is found in the concept of torah. He also weaved dualistic elements and eschatological ideas into the wisdom frame. The author's intention, Uusimäki argues, is to form the audience spiritually, encouraging it to trust in divine protection and blessings that are bestowed upon the pious.

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