Since 1990 Roland Murphy\'s Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the Wisdom Literature of the Bible.
His careful investigations expose the various guises that Wisdom adopts -- the "fear of the Lord," moral formation, the universality of human experience, the mysteries of creation, and others..
Murphy looks at each Wisdom book individually -- Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of Wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament.
This superb study thoroughly explores the Wisdom writings of the Bible, interpreting this Literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel\'s search for Wisdom throughout its tumultuous history.
Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in Wisdom research.
Since 1990 Roland Murphy\'s Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the Wisdom Literature of the Bible
