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The Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry carry themselves
differently from those of the Pentateuch, the histories or the
prophets. The divine voice does not peal from Sinai, there are no
narratives carried along by prophetic interpretation nor are
oracles declaimed by a prophet. Here Scripture often speaks in the
words of human response to God and God's world. The hymns, laments
and thanksgivings of Israel, the dirge of Lamentations, the
questionings of Qohelet, the love poetry of the Song of Songs, the
bold drama of Job and the proverbial wisdom of Israel all offer
their textures to this great body of biblical literature. Then too
there are the finely crafted stories of Ruth and Esther that
narrate the silent providence of God in the course of Israelite and
Jewish lives. This third Old Testament volume in InterVarsity
Press's celebrated "Black Dictionary" series offers nearly 150
articles covering all the important aspects of Job, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther.
Over ninety contributors, many of them experts in this literature,
have contributed to the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom,
Poetry & Writings. This volume maintains the quality of
scholarship that students, scholars and pastors have come to expect
from this series. Coverage of each biblical book includes an
introduction to the book itself as well as separate articles on its
ancient Near Eastern background and its history of interpretation.
Additional articles amply explore the literary dimensions of Hebrew
poetry and prose, including acrostic, ellipsis, inclusio,
intertextuality, parallelism and rhyme. And there are well-rounded
treatments of Israelite wisdom and wisdom literature, including
wisdom poems, sources and theology. In addition, a wide range of
interpretive approaches is canvassed in articles on hermeneutics,
feminist interpretation, form criticism, historical criticism,
rhetorical criticism and social-scientific approaches. The
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings is
sure to command shelf space within arm's reach of any student,
teacher or preacher working in this portion of biblical literature.
Tremper Longman III and Peter E. Enns edit this collection of 148
articles by 90 contributors on Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther.
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