Sword and the Stylus : An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires, Paper...

by Leo G. Perdue

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Sword and the Stylus : An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires, Paperback by Perdue, Leo G., ISBN 0802862454, ISBN-13 9780802862457, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Perdue (Old Testament, Brite Divinity School, Texas) explores the interaction of the Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha with various empires of the ancient and classical world. Among the pairings he presents are Job and the neo-Babylonian Empire, Psalms and Persia, Qoheleth and the Ptolemies, and apocalyptic wisdom in Qumran. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
• Year: 2008
• ISBN: 9780802862457
• Condition: Fine

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