Looking for wisdom in Wis 11
2–19:2: Between Universalism and Particularism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21592894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniele Pevarello (0000-0002-7255-4470, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-34 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8207 • E-ISSN: 1745-5286 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0951820720948021 |
| OpenAlex | W3090331762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The retelling of the exodus narrative in the second half of Wis 11:2–19:22 has often been treated as a thematic shift from sapiential universalism to Jewish particularism. The aim of this article is to contribute to our understanding of Wis 11:2–19:22 through a reappropriation of its universalistic outlook. I argue here that Pseudo-Solomon’s retelling of Israel’s Heilsgeschichte remains focused on the universal order of creation even when discussing themes, such as the punishment of the Egyptians in the exodus narrative, which would lend themselves to polemical and particularistic tones. Integrating creatively historical narrative and sapiential observation of nature, Pseudo-Solomon develops a reflection in which Israel’s particularistic “history of salvation” is at the same time a universal “natural history of salvation” in which salvation reveals itself in the very mechanics of God’s creation
Art · Epistemology · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Theology · Universalism · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |