Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age

About this book

In this exploration of Jewish wisdom during the Hellenistic period internationally renowned scholar John J. Collins examines the books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon the Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides and the recently discovered Qumran Sapiential A text from the Dead Sea Scrolls - offering one of the first such examinations of this text in print. This commentary is a compelling analysis of these important texts and their continuing traditions.