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Wisdom Literature
(2,295 words)
1. Term The Hebrew word
ḥokmâ originally meant technical and intellectual understan…
Lamentations, Book of
(755 words)
1. Name, Place in Canon, Authorship The Book of Lamentations consists of five songs. The book’s usual name in modern Bible versions comes, by way of the Vg
(Lamentationes) and the LXX (
Thrēnoi [
Ieremiou]), from Jewish tradition, in which it is called
qı̂nôt, “laments for the dead” (
b.
B. Bat.
15a). In Hebrew MSS and printed copies it is usually named after the first word:
ʾêkâ, “alas, how.” Though Lamentations is placed among the Megilloth (i.e., festal scrolls), the LXX, followed by dependent and modern version…
Proverbs, Book of
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1. Description The Book of Proverbs, together with the Books of Job and Ecclesiastes, belongs to the Wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible. It thus belongs to a literary category that was widespread and greatly enjoyed in the ancient world because it transmitted the experience of past generations about the right ways of dealing with God and others. By means of its sayings and teachings, it promised a life (§1) that would be long, happy, and successful.…
