Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom, Volume 2

by James L. Crenshaw

Overview

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.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158865077
Publisher:	Smyth & Helwys Publishing Inc.
Publication date:	12/14/2017
Series:	Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	347 KB

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.