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Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible.

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Comments: (7)

Mohn

Roland Murphy's Tree of Life ( 3rd edition) is a wonderful study of the so-called "Wisdom Literature" in the Old Testament--including Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon. The book was originally published in 1990, but Murphy has added two fascinating supplements, one in 1996, the other in 2000. While his addition of supplements seems a bit unusual (why not integrate new material into the old?--a question he asks himself), he decided, wisely I think, to separate the new updated material from the original. The result is that one can see the shift in interpretive approaches over a 10 year period or so.
For the ordinary reader such as myself, what is most fascinating about this study is the light it puts on a rather profound question: how is wisdom literature related to the historical tradition by which Israel identified itself. One way to see this is to experience the difference between a salvation-liberation narrative and a literature of wisdom, or the search for it. I think Murphy does throw much light on this issue, though I suspect more will be written about it in the future.
One of the perspectives that struck me was that books like Qoheleth and Job actually became part of the Christian scriptures. They are frankly skeptical and questioning in tone. While some might say that faith in Christ resolves all the skeptical tensions raised in these books, I think to the contrary that these tensions always remain. However, Murphy does an admirable job of showing how skepticism in this ancient context always presupposed a faith in God. We are not used to the idea that these two things could "go together". This is why attention to Wisdom literature, among other reasons, continues to be relevant to Christian faith even today. Faith and questioning are not antithetical.

Macage

This is a very good book, it will grow you spiritually, not an easy read

Kuve

Roland Murphy is an acclaimed scholar of biblical wisdom literature, but this introductory book is quite plodding and uninsightful. He's overly cautious throughout, and refrains from saying anything particularly pointed or definite. A lot of the time, he'll write, "theory 'A' is intriguing and there are evidences for and against," but not really say anything one way or another. His latter chapters on Wisdom's Echoes, Wisdom Literature and Theology, Lady Wisdom are especially insipid.

But I do give him credit for his chapters on Proverbs and Job. His explanation of the ending coda on the worthy wife was helpful, though I thought he could have gone further and made the obvious connection to Jesus. (That's another thing: he makes no Christological or New Testament connections. I guess it's to make the book as ecumenical [read: bland] as possible.) His analysis of Job as a corrective to a simplistic theology of retribution that one might get from a superficial reading of Proverbs was great. His chapter on Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) was so-so. And I fell asleep several times reading his summaries of the two Apocraphal wisdom books.

His introductory chapter was also helpful. I found his sagely advice on pg. 10-11 especially good - "A proverb presents only a narrow slice of reality; much depends upon its context...What is needed is the proper context in which they are pertinent...The saying is not an absolute; it is relative." You basically can't read a proverb in isolation and apply it uncritically to all situations; this is the mistake Job's three friends made.

But all of this does not overcome how completely uninteresting his latter chapters were. I'm quite disappointed that for such a poetic topic, Murphy wrote a sleep-inducing prosaic textbook. This is a side note, but kudos for the book cover.

Buriwield

I ordered this on Jan 1st and found it in my mail today! (Jan 4) Now that's service. It is indeed in new condition and, to my surprise, is an updated version of the one I have been reading, making the whole deal even better.

elektron

Roland Murphy's The Tree of Life provides an excellent introduction to biblical scholarship on Wisdom Literature (primarily Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon). Murphy gives a thorough but accessible overview of the genre of biblical wisdom texts, the history of research on those texts, and the big theological themes they raise. That said, the book's format for the updated editions was short-sighted and created a cumbersome reading experience. The book is in its third edition. Rather than add material in a proper revision of the first edition, the updates were tacked on the end of the volume as "supplements." The supplements add a few pages of additional comment on each chapter and bring the bibliography up to date somewhat. So, the third edition actually has two separate supplements. The 1996 supplement adds to the 1990 original and the 2000 supplement adds to both. Getting Murphy's full treatment of a topic requires reading the chapter, flipping to the first supplement's addition to that chapter, and then flipping to the "Millennial" supplement's addition to the same chapter. Even adding the supplements to the end of each chapter instead of the very end of the book would have been a better organization. The book would get five stars from me if it were not organized in such a fashion. I hope any plans for a fourth edition would result in an actual new edition, incorporating the updates into the main text.

Alsath

Thorough explication of biblical Wisdom Literature with technical apparatus for the advanced biblical student but accessible to the lay reader as well. Murphy update the work two times over the years to include more recent scholarly works and opinions.

TREE OF LIFE (Anchor Bible Reference Library) download epub

Bible Study & Reference

Author: Ronald E. Murphy
ISBN: 0385425910
Category: Christian Books & Bibles
Subcategory: Bible Study & Reference
Language: English
Publisher: Image (September 15, 1992)

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