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Title: | The Self-Referential Coda in the Mishnah and the Egyptian-Israelite Literary Tradition of Wisdom. |
Authors: | Koller, Aaron |
Keywords: | Mishnah Avot Egyptian-Israelite tradition of wisdom self-referential codas Wisdom literature Proverbs Kohelet Ecclesiastes Egyptian wisdom literature middah Amenemope Qohelet Demotic wisdom |
Issue Date: | Feb-2017 |
Publisher: | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG |
Citation: | Koller, Aaron. (2017). The Self-Referential Coda in the Mishnah and the Egyptian-Israelite Literary Tradition of Wisdom. Journal of Ancient Judaism 8(1), 2-25. |
Series/Report no.: | Journal of Ancient Judaism;8(1) |
Abstract: | It has often been noted that Mishnah Avot is heir to aspects of the biblical tradition of Wisdom. A further element of this inheritance is studied here: the tradition of ending a Wisdom book with a selfreferential coda, commenting on the value of the text just completed. A philological study of the end of Avot opens this study, and the results of that study allow us to situate the coda to Avot in the context of other codas in the Mishnah, especially tractates Neziqin and Kelim. The paper then moves to situate the conclusion to Avot in the heritage of the conclusions of earlier Jewish books of Wisdom – Ben Sira, Qohelet, and Proverbs, as well as other biblical books that show the imprint of Wisdom, such as Hosea. |
Description: | Scholarly article Copyright permission: Rebecca Triller/ Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 27June2019 |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.13109/jaju.2017.8.1.2 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4436 |
ISSN: | 1869-3296 |
Appears in Collections: | Yeshiva College: Faculty Publications |
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