Turning Proverbs towards Torah
Subtitle: an analysis of 4Q525
By: Elisa Uusimäki
Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah -- volume 117; Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah -- v. 117.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789004313392; 9789004313415
Subjects: Bible; Relation to the Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Influence; Weisheitsliteratur; Wisdom literature; Beatitudes; Dead Sea scrolls
Description: "In Turning Proverbs towards Torah, Elisa Uusimäki offers the first monograph on the early Jewish wisdom text 4Q525 from Qumran. Following the reconstruction of the fragmentary manuscript, Uusimäki analyses the text with a focus on the reception and renewal of the Proverbs tradition and the ways in which 4Q525 illustrates aspects of Jewish pedagogy in the late Second Temple period. She argues that the author was inspired by Proverbs 1-9 but sought to demonstrate that true wisdom is found in the concept of torah. He also weaved dualistic elements and eschatological ideas into the wisdom frame. The author's intention, Uusimäki argues, is to form the audience spiritually, encouraging it to trust in divine protection and blessings that are bestowed upon the pious"--
Notes: Appendix includes a facsimiles of XIII folded columns of reconstructed scrolls.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-328) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. 4Q525 and the Qumran discoveries; title: Wisdom and Torah; title: Research history of 4Q525; title: Purpose of the study; title: 1. Scroll, text, arrangement. Material reconstruction of 4Q525; title: Hebrew text and English translation; title: Structural analysis. Outline. A call for wisdom; title: Teachings on wise life and its implications; title: The need for wisdom : spirits and protection; title: Advice on speech; title: Rejecting wisdom : the world of folly; title: A return to wisdom; title: Comments; title: Conclusions; title: 2. Influence of scripture on 4Q525. Concepts and phenomena; title: Primary allusions to Proverbs 1-9; title: Secondary allusions to Psalm 91 and Deuteronomy; title: Major echoes of Psalms; title: Echoes of Deuteronomy 33 and Ben Sira; title: Conclusions; title: 3. Genre, settings, functions. Genre : wisdom built on proverbs; title: The educational settings of 4Q525; title: Social function : identity formation; title: Concluding remarks; title: 4. 4Q525 and Jewish pedagogy in Hellenistic Judaea. Curriculum of wisdom teaching; title: The proverbs tradition in the Late Second Temple Period; title: Wisdom and Torah discourse; title: Relevance of 4Q525 for the Sectarian Movement; title: Conclusions.