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ANCIENT WISDOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO SAYINGS COLLECTIONS

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<P>This book surveys and analyzes twenty-seven major collections of wisdom sayings from antiquity, including texts from ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, ancient Israel and early Judaism, early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman world. Through the diversity of these selections, readers are exposed to wisdom literature from a wide array of historical, cultural, and linguistic settings, which unfolds into a larger understanding of how different ancient peoples articulated a gnomic understanding of life. Throughout this useful guide, the author keeps a constant eye on the relation of the wisdom texts to the worlds from which they emerged—paying close attention to each text’s distinctive thematic profile and how its moral agenda was mapped onto the reader’s social landscape. Where appropriate, he discusses affinities between the different collections and draws conclusions about ancient wisdom literature as a genre. For further study, each entry includes a short bibliography directing the reader to an up-to-date translation of the collection in question and other relevant secondary texts, making this an ideal starting point for anyone studying wisdom literature of the ancient world.</P>

Ancient Wisdom

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Abbreviations.
Introduction.
1: &#x02BE;Abot.
2: Ahiqar.
3: Amenemope.
4: Anii.
5: Ankhsheshonqy.
6: Ben Sira.
7: Cato.
8: Counsels of Wisdom.
9: Democritus.
10: Epictetus.
11: Papyrus Insinger.
12: Isocrates.
13: Menander.
14: Merikare.
15: Pseudo-Phocylides.
16: Porphyry.
17: Proverbs.
18: Ptahhotep.
19: Publilius.
20: Pythagorean Collections.
21: The Seven Sages.
22: Sextus.
23: Shuruppak.
24: Silvanus.
25: Sumerian Proverb Collections.
26: Syriac Menander.
27: The Gospel of Thomas.
Appendix: Minor Collections.
General Bibliography.
Index of Authors.
Index of Subjects.
Index of Scripture.
Index of Other Ancient Sources.

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Ancient Wisdom