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    John J. Collins and Gregory E. Sterling, eds.,with the collaboration of Ruth Clements. Sapiential Perspectives: Wisdom Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 20-22 May, 2001. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 51. Leiden: Brill, 2004.


    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Preface

      Revealed Wisdom: From the Bible to Qumran
      ALEXANDER ROFE
      1

      Wisdom Literature and its Relation to Other Genres: From Ben Sira to Mysteries
      MENAHEM KISTER
      13

      The Eschatologizing of Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls
      JOHN J. COLLINS
      49

      Priestly Sages? The Milieus of Origin of 4QMysteries and 4QInstruction
      TORLEIF ELGVIN
      67

      Halakhic Elements in the Sapiential Texts from Qumran
      LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN
      89

      The Categories of Rich and Poor in the Qumran Sapiential Literature
      BENJAMIN G. WRIGHT III
      101

      What is the Book of Hagu?
      CANA WERMAN
      125

      4QTime of Righteousness in Context
      ARSTEIN JUSTNES
      141

      Appendix: 4Q215a, Frgs. 1, 2, 3, and 4-Text and Notes
      TORLEIF ELGVIN and ARSTEIN JUSTNES
      162

      Is There a Common Ethic in Second Temple Judaism?
      GREGORY E. STERLING
      171



      Index of Modern Authors
      195
      Index of Ancient Sources
      198