wisdom literature
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈwɪzdəm ˈlɪtərətʃər/
- Literature
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literatura sapiencial
- Moreover, the nuptial metaphor is particularly apt for framing the overarching goal of wisdom literature itself: the mastery of wisdom in this world, which assures success both in this life and the next.
Examples
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In the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, the wise person was seen as the one who lived out their life very much aware of the presence and the nature of God, and the fool was one who lived life with no reference to God; their god became their own appetites.
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The feminine personification of Wisdom in biblical wisdom literature has long fascinated scholars.
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"Woman," as an object of study, is already an abstraction in wisdom literature and other discourses.
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Whether he made them up on his own or borrowed them from the rich storehouse of wisdom literature in his Jewish tradition is unclear.
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Hebrew wisdom literature does not so much witness Yahweh's saving acts in history as address practical and existential questions.
Academic text (1999) -
That's a message that you find emphatically conveyed in the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Scriptures, particularly the answer to Job.
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In some cases, their strategies reinforce the logic of binary opposites that medieval wisdom literature itself teaches and which often structures individual wisdom sayings.
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Illicit sexual experiences—the narrators of wisdom literature warn—will lead men to lose honor, power, wealth, and eventually their lives.
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A great part of the Book of Job finds its ancestry in the region's pervasive wisdom literature (and its descendants in today's self-improvement best-sellers).
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Many people turn to the teachings found in wisdom literature for guidance on moral dilemmas.
Synonyms
Books in the Bible like Proverbs or Ecclesiastes that teach about wisdom and how to live
A book in the Bible that gives advice about how to live and about faith
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compound of 'wisdom' (wise knowledge or teachings) + 'literature' (written works), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it means literature that contains wisdom or wise teachings. Although it is also a technical label for certain biblical books, that domain-specific usage is a specialization of the compositional meaning and does not block comprehension.
Etymology
Wisdom literature comes from a simple picture: ancient teachers put together short sayings, poems, and stories that shared wisdom, or 'advice on how to live', in books — the literature. So today wisdom literature means those old biblical books, like Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, that offer moral advice and life lessons.