Ancient Wisdom: An Introduction to Sayings Collections Wilson Walter T.
Ancient Wisdom: An Introduction to Sayings Collections Wilson Walter T. This book surveys and analyzes twenty-seven major collections of wisdom sayings from antiquity, including texts from ancient…
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Ancient Wisdom: An Introduction to Sayings Collections Wilson Walter T.
This book surveys and analyzes twenty-seven major collections of wisdom sayings from antiquity, including texts from ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, ancient Israel and early Judaism, early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman world. Where appropriate, he discusses affinities between the different collections and draws conclusions Through the diversity of these selections, readers are exposed to wisdom literature from a wide array of historical, cultural, and linguistic settings, which unfolds into a larger understanding of how different ancient peoples articulated a gnomic understanding of life.Throughout this useful guide, Walter Wilson keeps a constant eye on the relation of the wisdom texts to the worlds from which they emerged--paying close attention to each text's distinctive thematic profile and how its moral agenda was mapped onto the reader's social landscape.
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