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Author | : Trevor Curnow |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2010-06-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0715635042 |
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This book brings the different aspects of the study of ancient wisdom together and presents it as a subject in its own right, looking at wise deities, wise figures from myth and legend, wise characters from ancient history, practices associated with wisdom (including divination and healing), and wisdom as it appears in ancient literature.
Author | : Daniel L. Segraves |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1990-01 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780932581600 |
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Author | : Matthew J. Goff |
Publisher | : Society of Biblical Lit |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2013-08-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1589837835 |
Download 4QInstruction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The wisdom tradition of ancient Israel, represented in the Hebrew Bible by Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes and in the Apocrypha by Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, is also well-attested in the texts from Qumran. 4QInstruction (1Q26, 4Q415–418, 4Q423), the largest wisdom text of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is considered a sapiential text primarily because of its explicit and insistent pedagogical nature. To make this significant wisdom text more widely available, this volume offers a critical edition, translation, and commentary on the main fragments of 4QInstruction. It examines particular texts of 4QInstruction as well as broader issues, including its date, genre, main themes, and place in Second Temple Judaism. Finally, in order to contextualize this pivotal work, 4QInstruction’s relationship to the sapiential and apocalyptic traditions is also explored.
Author | : Trevor Curnow |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2015-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780234856 |
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“There’s no fool like an old fool,” the saying goes. What is it about wisdom that sets it apart from mere intelligence? What is that elusive difference between a simple grasp of the facts and profound understanding? Wisdom has fascinated the human race for thousands of years; philosophers are notorious for being in love with it, and for centuries writers have tried to capture its essence in proverbs and fables. In this book, Trevor Curnow provides an accessible introduction to wisdom and the many ways we have thought about and tried to achieve it throughout history. Drawing on examples from a diversity of eras and places—from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe to modern Africa—Curnow explores the ways we have sought to overcome the problems posed by our existence, such as love and death, with a steadfast wisdom. He shows how many cultures have attributed wisdom to deities such as Apollo, Odin, and Sarasvati, and how, especially, we have placed it within the vehicle of the proverb, which has safeguarded its lessons throughout time and across cultures. Including a collection of one hundred sayings that offer a rich record of wisdom’s reification, this history gives new insight into what wisdom actually is and where we might find it.
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1993 |
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Author | : Wade Davis |
Publisher | : House of Anansi |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0887847668 |
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Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes. And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices? In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind's survival should they vanish.
Author | : Benoît Desombres |
Publisher | : Wisdom of |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780789202420 |
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Author | : Neil Oliver |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2020-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473575265 |
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THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMES From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors. For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and conflict, we are told that our wellbeing relies on remaining as present as possible. But what if the key to being present lies in the past? In Wisdom of the Ancients, Neil Oliver takes us back in time, to grab hold of the ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilizations. From Laetoli footprints in Tanzania to Keralan rituals, stone circles and cave paintings, Oliver takes us on a global journey through antiquity. A master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient past, he distils this wisdom into twelve messages that have endured the test of time, and invites us to consider how these might apply to our lives today. The result is powerful and inspirational, moving and profound.
Author | : Craig G. Bartholomew |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2014-06-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830898174 |
Download Old Testament Wisdom Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Craig G. Bartholomew and Ryan P. O'Dowd provide an informed introduction to the Old Testament wisdom books Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. More than an introduction, however, this is a thoughtful consideration of the hermeneutical implications of this literature.
Author | : Glenn Mosley |
Publisher | : Templeton Foundation Press |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2006-04 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1599470896 |
Download New Thought, Ancient Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this book, Glenn R. Mosley chronicles the history of the movement, including biographical sketches and the philosophies of pioneers and influential leaders linked to the movement's development and growth. These include Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, the founders of Unity; Ernest Holmes, founder of the Science of Mind; Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ Science; Ralph Waldo Trine, philosopher, mystic, teacher, and early mentor of New Thought; Joel Goldsmith, founder of The Infinite Way, among others.