The Wisdom Literature

by Kathleen M. O'Connor

This volume presents the spiritualties, implicit or explicit, of the wisdom books of the Old Testament. An additional goal is to explore the vast and frequently overlooked resource that wisdom literature provides for contemporary believers.

199 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Kathleen M. O'Connor is author of several books including The Wisdom Literature (Liturgical Press, 1990), Jeremiah: Pain and Promise, and Lamentations and the Tears of the World. She is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, emerita, at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, and also taught at the Maryknoll School of Theology in Ossining, New York. She is active in the Catholic Biblical Association of America and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the wisdom books of the old testament. The author explores the frequently overlooked resources of wisdom literature. I really enjoyed her treatment of Job which I have always struggled with. This is a book to be read more than once.

[Rob O'Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid introduction to the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament (and deuterocanonical texts). Although it does not focus deeply on the "spirituality" of the Wisdom Literature (it is in a series that purports this concept), it does focus on the theological nature of the included texts.

[Lori]

This was an easy read. I won't know how good it is until I take my "Wisdom in the OT" class this fall, to see how it compares.