# The Wisdom Literature

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- Authors: [Richard J. Clifford](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-j-clifford)
- Publisher: Abingdon
- ISBN: 978-06-8700-846-9
- Published: 1998-08-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional proverb, say a few things about " the problem of evil" in Job, or quote " vanity of vanities, " but far more rewarding to read the whole book with an appreciative and informed eye. Opening chapters of The Wisdom Literature comment on the striking similarities between ancient and modern " wisdom literature" and on the comparable literature from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan. Thereafter, a chapter is devoted to each biblical book (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon), studying not only its content but also its rhetoric -- how it engages the reader.