{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"K. Dell","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"These last chapters seem to have taken us a long way from defining ‘wisdom’—whether that be Solomonic or otherwise—and have demonstrated that intertextual methods of varying types (functional, theological, thematic) daringly range texts of different ‘genres’ one with another, and broaden out the readerly meanings, insights and thematic richness that we gain from texts. But at the end of the day this does not help us to define wisdom boundaries! Rather the opposite, it encourages us to break down these boundaries, but not in a reckless way. As seen with Ecclesiastes and Genesis 1–11 we need to exercise some caution at least in saying that one text definitely influenced another on a diachronic scheme. However, a more synchronic approach to intertexts (such as with Proverbs and Ruth) opens up endless possibilities of comparing texts one with another. And, the thematic intertextual approach—as demonstrated in this short study of the Song of Songs—too is a rich resource for future research....","PeriodicalId":175700,"journal":{"name":"The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and Its Influence","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129845303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre’ (Psalm 49: 4 [5])","authors":"K. Dell","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the relationship between wisdom psalms and the cult, asking whether Mowinckel’s characterization of the wisdom psalms as late and non-cultic is justified. It explores the possibility of wisdom influence on the psalter in early and later times, looking at questions of context and theology. Rather than seeing wisdom influence as mainly a scribal activity that was a post-exilic editing of the final form of the psalter, it is argued that the influence of wisdom went back to the days of the early Israelite cult. Its influence was strong also in post-exilic times, which confirms a connection between wisdom and cult at this stage (Perdue), however wisdom forms that shaped the literary development of some psalms and wisdom ideas that included an emphasis on creation and order are seen to be an essential part of the earliest self-identification of Israel through her worship.","PeriodicalId":175700,"journal":{"name":"The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and Its Influence","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128770960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Didactic Intertextuality","authors":"K. Dell","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198861560.003.0012","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, 1 look at intertextual resonances with proverbial wisdom, notably from the sayings collection (10:1–22:16) showing how the didactic method of proverbial maxims as found in Proverbs (ethical emphasis) is applied in Ruth. The character of Ruth reveals that she is not simply a woman of worth (a comparison often made of Ruth with Prov 31) but she is a more profound exemplar of the values embodied in proverbial wisdom. Ruth links up with the wisdom ideal, not simply through her female figure/worthy womanliness/wife and mother role. It is of interest here how a narrative text links up with more abstract moral qualities as found in Proverbs. Rather than producing a maxim and then finding a story to illustrate it, a story is illustrated by a wider paradigm. This gives the story didactic ‘thrust’ (Cheung) for the reader. Whether these connections were in any way meant by an author is a separate question to the fact that these resonances are found in the text in its present form. I shall treat them as synchronic intertextual resonances with the possibility open that diachronic resonances may also have been intended. I am coining the phrase ‘didactic intertextuality’ to explain this phenomenon, which is potentially much wider than simply this one example and might be applied to other narratives.","PeriodicalId":175700,"journal":{"name":"The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and Its Influence","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130528701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}