Goochem in Mokum, Wisdom in Amsterdam ─ Papers on Biblical and Related Wisdom Read at the Fifteenth Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelsch

Wisdom remains an intriguing phenomenon. Biblical wisdom texts never lose their importance, since the problems behind them are perennial. The essays in this volume read various Biblical texts, both for their internal composition and in their context.

George J. Brooke, Ph.D. Claremont, D.D. Oxford, is Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester, England. His recent books includeReading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method (2013) and The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (2005).Pierre Van Hecke, Ph.D. (2000) in Oriental Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium and Ph.D. (2006) in Theology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, is Professor of Languages and Cultures of Syria-Palestine, and of Hebrew Bible at KU Leuven. He has published on biblical metaphor, on Hebrew linguistics and on the book of Job. Bob Becking is Professor Emeritus of the University of Utrecht.Eibert Tigchelaar, Ph.D. 1994 Groningen, is Professor of Biblical Studies at the KU Leuven. He has published extensively on the Dead Sea Scrolls, is the editor of theJournal for the Study of Judaism, and co-editor of The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition (Brill).