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In this revised and expanded edition of his best-seller, James Crenshaw takes stock of the dramatic outpouring of scholarship on wisdom literature produced by contemporary interpreters. Liberation and feminist critics, scholars in comparative religion, specialists in devotional theology, and researchers exploring educational systems in the ancient Near East all have enriched our understanding of...

The second observation about defining Israelite wisdom is that ancient Near Eastern parallels furnish an important clue that assists one in determining precisely what constitutes wisdom. Like all clues, this one must be interpreted, lest it thrust one along winding paths that lead astray. Distinctions within cultures must be honored if one wishes to profit from comparative analysis. For example, not a single example of omen wisdom has survived in Israel,29
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