Turning Proverbs towards Torah : an analysis of 4Q525

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Turning Proverbs towards Torah : an analysis of 4Q525

Title remainder

an analysis of 4Q525

Statement of responsibility

Elisa Uusimäki

Creator

• Uusimäki, Elisa

Author

• Uusimäki, Elisa

Subject

• Dead Sea scrolls
• Dead Sea scrolls
• Dead Sea scrolls, 4Q525
• Wisdom literature
• Wisdom literature
• Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--Back cover

Member of

• Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 117

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

facsimiles

Index

index present

LC call number

BM488.5

LC item number

.T87 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah

Series volume

volume 117