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Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom, Volume 2
Faith Lingering on the Edges
James L. Crenshaw
Paperback | 172 pages
978-1-57312-985-5
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Book Description

The essays in Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom: Faith Lingering on the Edges attest to renowned scholar James L. Crenshaw’s fascination with Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes). Two essays place the book in historical context and examine the wisdom traditions available to Jesus; another explores its scriptural authority. Other essays ask whether Qoheleth hated life, compare his views with those in Psalm 39, assess his flaws relative to his originality, and address the role of memory in his teachings. The final essay analyzes the heart-rending story about the offering of Isaac in Genesis 22:1-19.

About the Author

James L. Crenshaw, the Robert L. Flowers Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Duke University, was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1984–1985 and in 2006–2007 the Joseph McCarthy Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Before moving to Duke in 1987, he taught five years at Mercer and nineteen years at Vanderbilt. He is the series editor of Personalities of the Old Testament (University of South Carolina Press) and lives in Nashville. His most recent books are Dust and Ashes: Poems, Reading Job: A Literary and Theological Commentary, and Qoheleth: The Ironic Wink.

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Crenshaw’s two-volume work is a compelling testimony to the generative fervor of wisdom study today. It is a must-read for all students of wisdom, one that invites both appreciative and critical engagement.

—William P. Brown
William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament
Columbia Theological Seminary

 

James Crenshaw, without a doubt, has been the leading scholar of his generation concerning the wisdom traditions of Israel. These volumes present a summation of his lifetime of good work. Crenshaw shows that the biblical tradition is open to a broad cultural reading, truth claims given in a compelling manner. This is a most welcome volume.

—Walter Brueggemann
William Marcellus McPheeters Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Columbia Theological Seminary

 

James Crenshaw has been a leading voice in the study of wisdom literature for several decades. His knowledge of the texts and the scholarly literature about them is unparalleled. The present study comprises a culmination of his lifelong scholarly engagement with sapiential literature. Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom is a “house of instruction” (Sir 51:23) that all who seek wisdom and understanding should visit, to learn from a master sage.

—Matt Goff
Professor of Religion
Florida State University

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