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	The Character of Wisdom: An Introduction to OT Wisdom Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wisdom is really an approach to life, a way of looking at the world and, for Israelites, a way of living out in very deliberate, rational ways their commitment to God.
		Wisdom is concerned with the issues facing humanity in general, the typical and recurring aspects of life that face human beings on a daily basis.
		Wisdom is grounded in social structures, such as the family, the "schools" of the wise elders, or the king and the royal court.
	www.cresourcei.org /wisdom.html (1140 words)

	Wisdom Literature: Ben Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wisdom literature assumes that the knowledge of how to get along in life is nothing hidden and mysterious; all it takes is listening to the accumulated observations of those who have taken time to think about the way life works.
		While it is true that wisdom literature is supremely concerned with questions of how the individual can live successfully in society, attention is nevertheless given to the question of God’s role in the world, even in the pursuit of wisdom.
		So the shape of wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon is similar to that in Ben Sirach, not only in that wisdom is given a somewhat independent and august status, but also in that wisdom is understood to be something of the structural principle of the world.
	hum.lss.wisc.edu /~rltroxel/JHL/Wisdom.html (4776 words)

	The Wisdom Literature of the Bible - Catholic Bible Study
		This practical science of life, this heavenly wisdom, is generally couched in proverbs and parables which are all instinct with the thought of God and of His divine Law, and intended to lead man to a moral life and guide him away from sin.
		The Wisdom or sapiential literature is designated by the following additional titles: didactic, because it teaches doctrinal truths and inculcates a way of life; moral, because it deals with the principles of morality; poetical, because both the ideas and the form of treatment are poetical.
		In the second section, the author points out the excellence of wisdom and of her fruits, and indicates the method whereby wisdom may be attained.
	www.cathtruth.com /catholicbible/wisdom.htm (2381 words)

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		Similarly, the Book of Wisdom 11.16:" By what things a man sins, by those things is he punished." The great Roman historian Tacitus, an astute observer of human nature, wrote in Annals 6.6 about Tiberius,who indulged his evil whims when holed up in the island of Capri: "His crimes and wickedness rebounded to torment him.
		Hence wisdom is often spoken of as a woman, But this is only a personification, following on the fact that the noun, as we said is grammatically feminine.
		He says that the wisdom of God is so lofty--he means the doctrine of the incarnation and the cross -- that compared to it, earthly wisdom is nothing at all,is folly (1 Cor 1.18-25).
	www.ewtn.com /library/SCRIPTUR/WISINTRO.TXT (1697 words)

	Glossary
		Wisdom Literature in the ot: In the Hebrew Bible, ‘wisdom literature’ is generally understood to refer to Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes; among the Apocrypha, it includes Ecclesiasticus (The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach) and The Wisdom of Solomon.
		This literature has characteristic traits: (1) There is an absence of reference to the typical salvation beliefs, such as the patriarchal promises, the Exodus, the Sinai covenant, etc. (2) The object of the Hebrew sage is to transmit the lessons of experience, so that one may learn to cope with life.
		Wisdom, in fact, is an international possession, cultivated throughout the ancient Near East, and many parallels to Israelite wisdom, both remote and close, have been proposed (e.g., the teaching of the Egyptian sage Amenemopet and Prov.
	www.bibletexts.com /glossary/wisdom.htm (965 words)

	Quodlibet Online Journal: God is Love, God is Dead: Radical Theology as Wisdom Literature - by Trevor Greenfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wisdom Literature, then, does not make claims for recognition on the basis of the tradition of election and cult, but, rather, it claims its truth to be grounded in the nature of the world.
		Wisdom writings appear to have been developed by individuals in response to their experience of the world and passed on to other individuals, perhaps by the method of teacher-student or maybe by written form and read by interested individuals.
		Wisdom Literature, however, is delivered not in exclamatory fashion, but rather by narrative and aphorism, and, as we have observed, not to the community, but to like-minded individuals.
	www.quodlibet.net /greenfield-radical.shtml (3148 words)

	Egypt: Wisdom Literature, A Feature Tour Egypt Story
		A piece of literature, dating from the Ramesside Period, New Kingdom, laments the lack in that period of writers such as the sages of the past.
		In the maxims category of the literature, the father is shown passing wisdom to his son.
		The third category of wisdom literature is called "admonitions." These texts are descriptions or prophecies of diverse times in Egypt, when the country is overrun by outsiders and the normal social order is turned upside down.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/wisdom.htm (2198 words)

	Jesus: God's Wisdom
		Wisdom says of herself: "I came forth from the mouth of the Most High" (the "Word" of God) and "my throne was in the pillar of the cloud" -- an allusion to the Old Testament sign of the divine presence.
		God's Wisdom and Word are equated in verse 9:2 -- "O God of my fathers, the Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word, and ordained men through thy wisdom." Wisdom is also credited with performing miracles, like the parting of the Red Sea (Wisdom of Solomon 10:18-19).
		Wisdom of Solomon 16:18 And love of Wisdom is the keeping of her laws, and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality.
	www.tektonics.org /jesusclaims/trinitydefense.html (3487 words)

	Chapter 28: Wisdom Writings
		It is possible that Hebrew wisdom was not believed to be the result of intellectual speculation alone, but was related to, and perhaps derived from, divine Wisdom and was thus automatically linked to that which in the beginning gave order to primeval chaos and was the agent by which God created (cf.
		We have appended the poems to the section on wisdom literature because it has been theorized that they were arranged and preserved by the wise men, thus explaining how the entire work was attributed to Solomon, the patron of Hebrew wisdom.
		The writing does not belong to the wisdom school, and the only justification for attaching it to the section on wisdom writing is that Tobit advises his son after the manner of the wisdom teachers.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/gerald_larue/otll/chap28.html (5438 words)

	Education in the Wisdom Literature from Qumran
		The aim of the wisdom literature of Israel and of other nations of antiquity is mainly a didactic one: namely, to instruct its readers how to direct their life honestly and wisely for their own benefit or the welfare of society, and to warn them against evil influences that may hurt their life.
		This mysterious wisdom concerning all of Creation relates to the dualistic decree concerning all human beings, and is therefore useful for discerning between “truth and iniquity, wisdom and foolishness, good and evil,” according to their visitation upon individuals (ibid., lines 6-8; cf.
		Didactic wisdom literature, such as the books of Proverbs, Sirach, Qohelet, the Wisdom of Solomon, and the wisdom compositions from Qumran, may be considered as evidence for the contents of the education, particularly of the ethical and religious values that were held in Israel, during the Second Temple period.
	orion.mscc.huji.ac.il /symposiums/10th/papers/nitzan.htm (6222 words)

	Wisdom - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		This was the true Wisdom, fully justified of her children (Luke 7:35; compare Matthew 11:19), while, as touching the other "Wisdom," Christ could give thanks that God had seen fit to hide His mysteries from the wise and prudent and reveal them unto "babes" (Luke 10:21 parallel Matthew 11:25).
		Wisdom builds her house, marries her disciple, mingles wine, etc. The most famous passage is Proverbs 8:22-31, however.
		Wisdom is the only-begotten of God (The Wisdom of Solomon 7:22), the effulgence of eternal light (The Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; compare Hebrews 1:3), living with God (The Wisdom of Solomon 8:3) and sharing (?) His throne (The Wisdom of Solomon 9:4).
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T9208 (3708 words)

	WISDOM LITERATURE - Online Information article about WISDOM LITERATURE
		Ezekiel, the Wisdom books, while they recognize the sacrificial ritual as an existing custom, attach little importance to it as an element of religious life (the fullest mention of it is in Ecclus.
		prior to the 1st century B.C. it does not appear in the Wisdom literature, and the nationalistic dogma of resurrection is not mentioned in it at all.
		With the establishment of the belief in ethical immortality this phase of scepticism vanished from the Jewish world, not, however, without leaving behind it works of enduring value.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WIL_YAK/WISDOM_LITERATURE.html (2876 words)

	Wisdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wisdom is sometimes conceptualized as an especially well developed form of common sense.
		The status of wisdom or prudence as a virtue is recognized in cultural, philosophical and religious sources.
		Wisdom is also represented by the sense of justice by the lawful and wise king Solomon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wisdom (1221 words)

	The Wisdom Project
		The primary goal of The Wisdom Project will be a book written by author Charles Strohmer that delves deeply into the Bible’s wisdom literature to show its relevance for international relations, with a special focus on US foreign policy in the Middle East and especially with regard to the Muslim world and Israel.
		Of the many different classes of political actors in the wisdom narrative, which included both men and women, part one focuses chiefly on two classes of leaders, known in the Hebrew language as the soperim and the hakamim.
		Because the wisdom tradition functions in a way that covers all fronts, it offers a context for the constructive debates and mutual understanding that are indispensable for creating rapprochement and more peaceable geopolitical relations between America, Israel, and the Muslim world.
	www.cpjustice.org /wisdomproject (1547 words)

	Wisdom and James
		Wisdom is the most democratic of ways of knowing—it is not so much a function of education as of having learned life’s lessons; it is the work of sages, but also of folk sayings and wit
		Growing in wisdom is also connected to human wholeness, and thus the study of James as wisdom and James as a search for spiritual perfection are intimately linked.
		When we use wisdom as the lens for reading James we find that it is in seeking wisdom that we find spiritual wholeness, patience, endurance, and eventually, the crown of life.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/james/Wisdom/wisdom.htm (847 words)

	Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ceresko sees the wisdom literature as being grounded first and foremost on the experiences of everyday life and in the alchemy of our relationships with others.
		Moving from a discussion of the large genre of wisdom literature in general to the specifics of wisdom literature in Israel, we are immersed in the worlds of family and clan wisdom, scribes and scribal schools and their relationship to the notions of wisdom and revelation.
		The historical milieu for Israelite wisdom is discussed clearly and succinctly in sections on the destruction of the monarchy, the exile, and the postexilic restoration.
	www.rsiss.net /judaism/bkceresko2.html (423 words)

	USCCB - The Wisdom Books
		The wisdom literature of the Bible is the fruit of a movement among ancient oriental people to gather, preserve and express, usually in aphoristic style, the results of human experience as an aid toward understanding and solving the problems of life.
		Despite numerous resemblances, sometimes exaggerated, between the sapiential literature of pagan nations and the wisdom books of the Bible, the former are often replete with vagaries and abound in polytheistic conceptions; the latter remained profoundly human, universal, fundamentally moral, and essentially religious and monotheistic.
		The highest wisdom became identified with the spirit of God through which the world was created and preserved (Proverb 8:22-31), and mankind was enlightened.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible/wisdom.htm (731 words)

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		Moses in Deuteronomy 4.6-8 told the people that their divinely given laws were really wisdom, such that other nations, on hearing of them, would admire the wisdom of that people.
		Really this divine wisdom seems the same as the Mosaic Law, which, as we saw above, is true wisdom.
		He says that the wisdom of God is so lofty--he means the doctrine of the incarnation and the cross -- that compared to it, earthly wisdom is nothing at all, is folly (1 Cor 1.18-25).
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/most/getwork.cfm?worknum=194 (1658 words)

	The Wisdom Page --- a site devoted to wisdom resources
		Wisdom, Intuition, and Ethics by Trevor Curnow is a valuable resource for anyone wanting to explore the history of wisdom, its nature, and wisdom's relationship to ethics.
		Wisdom and the Academic Enterprise a short introduction by Copthorne Macdonald to the issue of wisdom acquisition as an academic focus, and the work of British scholar Nicholas Maxwell.
		Wisdom at Work by Let Davidson is an essay that discusses how Davidson has been applying the principles and techniques of the wisdom tradition to the workplace in his role as consultant and trainer.
	www.cop.com /info/wisdompg.html (3034 words)

	"Interpreting the Biblical Wisdom Literature" by Robert I Bradshaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wisdom can probably be best defined as "the ability to make godly choices in life."(1) The study and collection of wise sayings that would help people make good decisions was a preoccupation in the ancient world.
		The wisdom literature contained in the Bible differs from that produced by other nations because it recognises that a relationship with the Living God is the starting point in the search for wisdom (Psalm 111:10; Prov.
		True wisdom is to be found only in a relationship with the Lord, and not in seemingly logical arguments lacking a heavenly perspective.
	www.biblicalstudies.org.uk /article_wisdom.html (2986 words)

	2. Wisdom Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible is generally considered to be Proverbs and Job (see Chapter 15), Ecclesiastes (see Chapter 16.4), and the wisdom psalms (see Chapter 14).
		The books of wisdom literature share a number of characteristics, one of which is an interest in instruction, or pedagogy.
		Some authorities who discuss the setting in life of wisdom suggest wisdom may have originated in a family or clan setting, and others associate it with the royal court.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/PART3/PT3_2.HTM (274 words)

	Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction
		As an introduction to the study of wisdom literature in the Bible, Old Testament Wisdom is perfectly suited to the student or armchair theologian.
		When Old Testament Wisdom first appeared in 1981, it was praised and widely adopted as a tool that equipped students of the Bible to understand the wisdom literature of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and Song of Solomon).
		At that time, new perspectives on biblical theology, an increasing awareness of ancient Near Eastern texts resembling biblical wisdom, and an emerging interest in ethnic proverbs were just the beginning of what was to become a dramatic outpouring of scholarship on wisdom literature.
	www.logos.com /products/details/2189 (791 words)

	Poetry and Wisdom
		The patristic and medieval wisdom literature of Christianity, though mostly prose, was saturated with a kind of poetry which is directly derivative from the poetry of the Bible.
		Both poetry and mysticism spring from the depths of the soul beyond the senses, but whereas the poet seeks to embody his experience of this inner mystery in words and images, the mystic seeks to go beyond word and thought to experience the hidden mystery from which all words and thoughts are derived.
		In “’Baptism in the Forest’: Wisdom and Initiation in William Faulkner,” Merton explicitly confronts the question of the presence of wisdom in contemporary literature.
	www.bedegriffiths.com /wisdom/wisdom_16.htm (3555 words)

	Wisdom Literature
		There is a lot of wisdom in these sayings, and because they contain universal truths, they are as applicable to our lives today as they were when they were first written over four millennia ago.
		The last quote is from William Kelley Simpson's The Literature of Ancient Egypt.
		The others are from Miriam Lichtheim's Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol.
	www.hethert.org /wisdom.html (544 words)

	Wisdom literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wisdom literature is the a genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East.
		This genre is characterized by praise of God, often in poetic form, and by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about God and about virtue.
		The most famous examples of wisdom literature are found in the Bible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wisdom_literature (158 words)

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