En adam she-nolad ḥakham
Subtitle: ḥokhmat Mitzraim ha-ḳeduma ve-ziḳatah la-Miḳra = No man is born wise : ancient Egyptian wisdom literature and its contact with Biblical literature
By: me-et Nili Shupaḳ
Series: Sifriyat ha-entsiḳlopedyah ha-Miḳraʼit -- 32; Sifriyat ha-Entsiḳlopedyah ha-Miḳraʼit -- 32.
Publisher: Mosad Bialiḳ
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Yerushalayim
Language: heb
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9789655362121; 9789655361780
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Wisdom literature; Relation to Egyptian literature; Egyptian literature; Relation to the Old Testament; Terminology; Egyptian Didactic literature; History and criticism; Hebrew language; Terms and phrases; Egyptian language
Other titles: No man is born wise :
Description: "This anthology forms the first translation into Hebrew of the classical Egyptian wisdom instructions dating from the Old Kingdom (2682 B.C.E.) through to the New Kingdom (1550-1070/1069 B.C.E.). It contains two parts. The first--the introduction--discusses various themes related to Egyptian wisdom literature and its contribution to our understanding of the biblical wisdom literature. The second comprises the translation of the texts themselves."--English abstract (page [v]).
Notes: Original ISBN on title page verso and on back cover incorrect.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-311) and index.

Text in Hebrew; includes title page, table of contents and abstract in English.