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WISDOM LITERATURE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series Christopher R. Matthews, Editor Number 36 WISDOM LITERATURE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL edited by Richard J. Clifford WISDOM LITERATURE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL edited by Richard J. Clifford Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta WISDOM LITERATURE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL Copyright © 2007 by the Society of Biblical Literature All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Offi ce, Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399, USA. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel / edited by Richard J. Clifford. p. cm. — (Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ; no. 36) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-58983-219-0 (paper binding : alk. paper) 1. Wisdom literature—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Assyro-Babylonian literature—History and criticism. I. Clifford, Richard J. BS1455.W563 2007a 223'.06—dc22 2007024579 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, recycled paper conforming to ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) and ISO 9706:1994 standards for paper permanence. Table of Contents Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Introduction Richard J. Clifford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Part One: The Context of Wisdom in Mesopotamia 1. The Social and Intellectual Setting of Babylonian Wisdom Literature Paul-Alain Beaulieu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Why Wisdom Became a Secret: On Wisdom as a Written Genre Karel van der Toorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Part Two: Studies in Babylonian Wisdom Texts 3. An Allusion to the Šamaš Hymn in The Dialogue of Pessimism Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4. The Wisdom of Šūpê-amēlī—A Deathbed Debate between a Father and Son Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Part Three: Comparisons of Mesopotamian and Biblical Texts and Motifs 5. Sages with a Sense of Humor: The Babylonian Dialogue between the Master and His Servant and the Book of Qoheleth Edward L. Greenstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 v vi Table of Contents 6. Cosmos, Temple, House: Building and Wisdom in Mesopotamia and Israel Raymond C. Van Leeuwen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Part Four: Biblical Wisdom Literature 7. Beginnings, Endings, and Life’s Necessities in Biblical Wisdom James L. Crenshaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Index of Ancient Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Index of Modern Authors Cited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Abbreviations AB Anchor Bible ABL Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. Edited by R. F. Harper. 14 vols. Chicago, 1892–1914. ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library AfO Archiv für Orientforschung AfOB Archiv für Orientforschung: Beiheft AHw Akkadisches Handwörterbuch.W.von Soden. 3 vols. Wiesbaden, 1965–81 ANEP The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Tes- tament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 2nd ed. Princeton, 1969 ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard; 3rd ed. Princeton, 1969 AnBib Analecta biblica AnOr Analecta Orientalia AnSt Anatolian Studies AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament AOS American Oriental Series ARAB Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia.Daniel David Luckenbill. 2 vols. Chicago, 1926–1927 ARI Assyrian Royal Inscriptions. A. K. Grayson. 2 vols. Records of the Ancient Near East. Wiesbaden, 1972– 1976. ATD Altes Testament Deutsch AuOr Aula Orientalis AuOrSup Aula Orientalis Supplementa BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium BK Biblischer Kommentar BN Biblische Notizen vii viii Abbreviations BWL Babylonian Wisdom Literature. W. G. Lambert.Oxford, 1960 BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wis- senschaft BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wis- senschaft CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.Chicago, 1956- CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hall. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997–2002 CRRAI Comptes rendus, Rencontre Assyriologique Interna- tionale CTJ Calvin Theological Journal DDD Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. 2nd ed. Edited by K.van der Toorn, B. Becking, and P. W. van der Horst. Leiden, 1999 ETCSL Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (http://www-etcsl. orient. ox. ac. uk/) FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament FOTL Forms of Old the Testament Literature HALOT Koehler, L, W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 4 vols. Leiden, 1994–1999 HAT Handbuch zum Alten Testament HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology ICC International Critical Commentary IOS Israel Oriental Studies JANESCU Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JCS Journal of Cuneiform Studies JQR Jewish Quarterly Review JQRSupp Jewish Quarterly Review: Supplement Series JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supple- ment Series KTU Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Edited by M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín.AOAT 24/1.
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