Oxford’s Oriel Professor of Interpretation takes the reader through the Hebrew wisdom literature, chapter by chapter: the calamity of Job and the cycles of speeches, the speeches of Elihu and of Jehovah, then Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, with notes on the Apocryphal wisdom books, explaining how critical scholarship bears on Christian reading of the texts.
A clear introduction for readers of the Bible’s wisdom books, from a pioneer of higher criticism in England. Download the free EPUB.