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An obituary for "Wisdom Literature" : the birth, death, and intertextual reintegration of a Biblical corpus / Will Kynes

Author
Kynes, Will, 1981-
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
xviii, 324 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Historical Metacriticism -- 1.The Rise and Impending Demise of Wisdom Literature: The Modern Scholarly Wisdom Tradition and the Threat of Pan-Sapientialism -- 2.The Ancestry of Wisdom Literature: Ancient Tradition or Modern Invention? -- 3.The Birth of Wisdom Literature: The Nineteenth-Century Origin of the Wisdom Corpus -- pt. II Genre Methodology -- 4.The Universe of Texts: The Intertextual Network of Genres from Multiple Perspectives -- pt. III The Reintegration of Wisdom Literature -- 5.The Intertextual Network of Job and the Selective Nature of Genre -- 6.The Intertextual Network of Ecclesiastes and the Self-Reflective Nature of Genre -- 7.The Intertextual Network of Proverbs and the Subjective Nature of Genre.
Summary
An obituary for "Wisdom Literature" considers the definitional issues long plaguing Wisdom scholarship. Will Kynes argues that Wisdom Literature is not a category used in early Jewish and Christian interpretation. It first emerged in modern scholarship, shaped by its birthplace in nineteenth-century Germany. Kynes casts new light on the traits long associated with the category, such as universalism, humanism, rationalism, empiricism, and secularism, which so closely reflect the ideals of that time. Since it was originally assembled to reflect modern ideals, it is not surprising that biblical scholars have faced serious difficulties defining the corpus on another basis or integrating it into the theology of the Old Testament.0The problem, however, is not only why the texts were perceived in this one way, but that they are perceived in only one way at all. The book builds on recent theories from literary studies and cognitive science to create a new alternative approach to genre that integrates hermeneutical insight from various genre proposals. This theory is then applied to Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs, mapping out the complex textual network contributing to their meaning. With the death of the Wisdom Literature category, both the so-called Wisdom texts and the concept of wisdom find new life.
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ISBN
019877737X
9780198777373
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-298) and indexes.
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