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Light in a Spotless Mirror FAITH AND SCHOLARSHIP COLLOQUIES SERIES The Old and New Testaments The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Faith Jesus Two Thousand Years Later Light in a Spotless Mirror Light in a Spotless Mirror Reflections on Wisdom Traditions in Judaism and Early Christianity Edited by James H. Charlesworth and Michael A. Daise Faith and Scholarship Colloquies TRINITY PRESS INTERNATIONAL A Continuum imprint HARRISBURG • LONDON • NEW YORK Copyright © 2003 by Trinity Press International All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher, Trinity Press International. Trinity Press International, P.O. Box 1321, Harrisburg, PA 17105 Trinity Press International is a member of the Continuum International Publishing Group. Cover art: A Conversation between Philosophers, mosaic from Pompeii. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy. Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. Cover design: Wesley Hoke Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Light in a spotless mirror : reflections on wisdom traditions in Judaism and and early Christianity / edited by James H. Charlesworth and Michael A. Daise. p. cm. - (Faith and scholarship colloquies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 1-56338-399-3 1. Wisdom (Biblical personification) - Congresses. 2. Wisdom - Religious aspects-Judaism-History of doctrines-Congresses. 3. Wisdom - Religious aspects-Christianity-History of doctrines-Congresses. I. Charlesworth, James H. II. Daise, Michael A. III. Series. BS580.W58L54 2003 223'.06-dc21 2002012929 Printed in the United States of America 03 04 05 06 07 08 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dedicated to Dr. joe Wesley Dickerson and Irma Lou Wilcox dedicated philanthropists and fellow travelers This page intentionally left blank Contents Contributors viii Series Description: Faith and Scholarship Colloquies ix Introduction: Wisdom, a Spotless Mirror, and Reflections of Traditions 1 James H. Charles worth 1. Israel's Wisdom: Dialogue betwen the Sages 7 Roland Murphy 2. Wisdom Finds a Home: Torah as Wisdom 26 Peter Schafer 3. The Gospel of John and Philo of Alexandria 45 Peder Borgen 4. John and the Synoptics: Historical Tradition and the Pasion Narative 7 D. Moody Smith 5. Lady Wisdom and Johannine Christology 92 James H. Charlesworth Selected Bibliography 135 Index of Ancient Sources 139 Index of Modern Authors 148 vii Contributors PEDER BORGEN is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Religion n the Greco-Roman World at the University of Trondheim in Norway. JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH is George L. Collord Profes- sor of New Testament Language and Literature and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls project at Princeton Theological Seminary. ROLAND MURPHY, O.Carm., was George Washington Ivey Professor of Old Testament, Emeritus, at Duke University. PETER SCHAFER is Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion at Princeton University and Direc- tor of the Institut fur Judaistik at the Freie Universitat in Berlin. D. MOODY SMITH is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, at Duke University. via Series Description Faith and Scholarship Colloquies JLhis series explores the boundaries where faith and academic study intersect. At these borders, the sharp edge of current biblical scholarship is allowed to cut theolog- ically and pose its often challenging questions for traditional faith. The series includes contributions from leading scholars in contemporary biblical studies. As Christian faith seeks to send a word on target in our day, as powerful as those in the past, it needs to sharpen its perception and proclamation from honest and truthful insights in human knowledge, from first-century archaeology to modern linguistics. ix

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