Tree of Life, 3rd ed.: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature - Softcover

Murphy, Roland E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802839657 ISBN 13: 9780802839657

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002

Synopsis

Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research. This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting this literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel's search for wisdom throughout its tumultuous history. Murphy looks at each wisdom book individually -- Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament. His careful investigations expose the various guises that wisdom adopts -- the "fear of the Lord," moral formation, the universality of human experience, the mysteries of creation, and others.

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About the Author

Roland E. Murphy (1917-2002) was George Washington Ivey Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus at Duke University and adjunct professor of biblical studies at the Washington Theological Union.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802839657
• ISBN 13: 9780802839657
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 300