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Conspicuous in His Absence: Studies in the Song of Songs and Esther is unavailable, but you can change that!

In the biblical canon, two books lack any explicit reference to the name of God: Song of Songs and Esther. God’s peculiar absence in these texts is unsettling, both for theological discourse and for believers considering implications for their own lived experience. Chloe T. Sun takes on the challenges of God’s absence by exploring the often overlooked theological connections between these two...

. To date, there has been a lack of general consensus regarding how to define wisdom theology. Pertaining to our interest in wisdom theology is the understanding of divine presence and absence. Walter Zimmerli sees a dichotomy existing between wisdom and history, and thus he frames wisdom theology on creation.44 In The Tree of Life, Roland Murphy stresses the nature of wisdom theology as (1) the understanding of reality in light of trusting God and embracing his
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