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LEO G. PERDUE et al. (eds.), In Search of Wisdom: Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993). Pp. xviii + 318. Paper $24.99.
This volume honoring the late John G. Gammie contains the following essays: a foreword by James Barr (pp. ix-xiv); "The Concept of God in Old Testament Wisdom," by James L. Crenshaw (pp. 1-18); "Wisdom in the Chronicler's Work," by Joseph Blenkinsopp (pp. 19-30); "Scribal Wisdom and Theodicy in the Book of the Twelve," by Ramond C. Van Leeuwen (pp. 31-49); "Wisdom in the Psalter," by Samuel Terrien (pp. 51-72); "Wisdom in the Book of Job," by Leo G. Perdue (pp. 73-98); "Wisdom in Proverbs," by Carole R. Fontaine (pp. 99-114); "Wisdom in Qoheleth," by Michael V. Fox (pp. 115-31); "The Meaning of Wisdom in Ben Sira," by Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M. (pp. 133-48); "Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon," by David Winston (pp. 149-64); "Wisdom, Apocalypticism, and Generic Compatibility," by John J. Collins (pp. 165-85); "Wisdom in Q and Thomas," by Stephen J. Patterson (pp. 187-221); "Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Mark," by Richard Horsley (pp. 223-44); "The Gospel of Matthew: A Sapiential Performance of an Apocalyptic Discourse," by Bernard Brandon Scott(pp. 245-62);"Wisdom and Apocalyptic in Paul," by E. Elizabeth Johnson...