The Leopard's SpotsA&C Black, 2004 M10 27 - 160 pages This book refutes three traditional hypotheses which have dominated Old Testament scholarship this century: the claim that there were schools in ancient Israel; that in these schools a professional class of 'wise men' taught; and that their teaching consisted of the moral standards of the civil service.Professor Golka disputes the claim of Old Testament scholarship that biblical proverbs were literary works of art, much influenced by the civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. By comparing biblical proverbs to those of tribal societies of Africa, he concludes that the proverbs of the Hebrew Bible derive from a tribal society - that of the Israel of the period of the Judges.In this ground-breaking work, Friedemann Golka reveals the extent to which the sources and results of social anthropology can be used in Old Testament scholarship to make significant new findings. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The Israelite Wisdom School or The Emperors New Clothes | 4 |
The Royal and Court Sayings and the Origin of Israelite Wisdom | 16 |
The Leopards Spots Biblical and African Wisdom in Proverbs | 36 |
Rich and Poor 54 | 54 |
Law Crime and Justice | 70 |
Family and Kinship | 87 |
Creation and Wisdom | 110 |
The Biblical Joseph Story and Thomas Manns Novel | 123 |
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Other editions - View all
The Leopard's Spots: Biblical and African Wisdom in Proverbs Friedemann W. Golka No preview available - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Wisdom-laws: A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 Bernard S. Jackson No preview available - 2006 |