| Abbreviations | p. 11 |
| Preface | p. 15 |
| Wisdom and Old Testament Theology: Issues and Approaches | |
| Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? Old Testament Theology and Wisdom Literature | p. 19 |
| Introduction | p. 19 |
| The Place of Wisdom in Old Testament Theology | p. 20 |
| Approaches to Wisdom Theology | p. 34 |
| "Come to Me, Those Who Are Unlearned, and Lodge in My School": Imagination, Rhetoric, and Social Location in Wisdom Literature | p. 49 |
| Introduction | p. 49 |
| Theological Imagination in Wisdom Literature | p. 50 |
| Metaphors and Theological Imagination | p. 59 |
| The Rhetoric of Sapiential Imagination and Moral Discourse | p. 63 |
| Social Locations and Moral Discipline | p. 69 |
| The Theology of Wisdom Literature | |
| "The Lord Created Me at the Beginning of His Work": Creation and Moral Discourse in Proverbs | p. 77 |
| Introduction | p. 77 |
| Cosmology and Anthropology in Proverbs 1-9 | p. 78 |
| Proverbs 3:13-20 | p. 80 |
| Proverbs 8:1-36 | p. 84 |
| Wisdom and Folly in Proverbs 9 | p. 94 |
| Cosmology and Anthropology in Proverbs 10:1-22:16 | p. 101 |
| Creation, Rich, and Poor in Proverbs 25-29 | p. 112 |
| Creation and World Order in the Words of Agur (Prov. 30:1-33) | p. 115 |
| Conclusion: Creation and Moral Discourse in Proverbs | p. 121 |
| "You Have Not Spoken Rightly About Me": The Book of Job and the Imagining of God in Human Torment | p. 123 |
| Introduction | p. 123 |
| The Narrative Epilogue and Divine Judgment (Job 1-2) | p. 129 |
| The Opening Soliloquy: The Assault on Creation (Job 3) | p. 131 |
| Eliphaz: The Defense of Divine Justice (Job 4-5) | p. 137 |
| Job: The Destiny of Slavery (Job 6-7) | p. 140 |
| Job: The Plea for Justice and Mercy (Job 9-10) | p. 144 |
| Job: The Illusion of Redemptive History (Job 12-14) | p. 150 |
| Eliphaz: The Fall of the Primal King (Job 15) | p. 154 |
| Job: The Appeal to a Redeemer (Job 16-17, 19) | p. 157 |
| Bildad: The Sovereignty of God and the Folly of Revolt (Job 25-26) | p. 160 |
| Job's Declaration of Innocence and Revolt Against God (Job 29-31) | p. 163 |
| The Speeches from the Whirlwind (Job 38:1-42:6) | p. 168 |
| The First Speech of God and Job's Response (Job 38:1-40:5) | p. 169 |
| The Second Speech of God and Job's Response (40:6-42:6) | p. 175 |
| The Final Judgment (Job 42) | p. 181 |
| The Search for Wisdom (Job 28) and the Speeches of Elihu (Job 32-37) | p. 183 |
| The Hymn on the Discovery of Wisdom (Job 28) | p. 184 |
| The Sovereignty of God and Human Slavery: The Speeches of Elihu (Job 32-37) | p. 186 |
| Sapiential Imagination and Creation Theology in the Book of Job | p. 190 |
| "I Will Make a Test of Pleasure": The Tyranny of God and Qoheleth's Quest for the Good | p. 193 |
| Introduction | p. 193 |
| The Genre of Qoheleth | p. 194 |
| Narrators and Narrative Structure in the Book of Qoheleth | p. 202 |
| The Opening Frame of the Testament of Qoheleth (1:1-11) | p. 206 |
| Cosmology, Anthropology, and the Ethical Order: Human Action (1:12-5:19) | p. 213 |
| The Sovereignty of God and the Moral Order: Human Knowing (6:10-11:8) | p. 226 |
| Concluding Frame of the Testament of Qoheleth (11:9-12:14) | p. 232 |
| Conclusion: Cosmology and Anthropology in the Testament of Qoheleth | p. 237 |
| "I Covered the Earth Like a Mist": Cosmos and History in Ben Sira | p. 243 |
| Introduction to the Teachings of Jesus Ben Sira | p. 243 |
| Creation and Wisdom in Ben Sira | p. 248 |
| Providence and Salvation History (44:1-50:24) | p. 284 |
| Cosmos and History in Ben Sira | p. 286 |
| "Wisdom, the Artificer of All, Instructed Me": Creation and Redemption in the Wisdom of Solomon | p. 291 |
| Introduction to the Wisdom of Solomon | p. 291 |
| The Praises of Wisdom (1:1-11:1) | p. 294 |
| The Nature of Wisdom and Solomon's Quest to Obtain Her (6:22-11:1) | p. 303 |
| God's Fidelity to His People in the Exodus and Wilderness (11:2-19:22) | p. 310 |
| Creation and Redemption in Wisdom | p. 318 |
| Wisdom Theology, Sapiential Imagination, and Metaphor | |
| "Wisdom Has Built Her House, She Has Hewn Her Seven Pillars:" Summary and Conclusions | p. 325 |
| Introduction | p. 325 |
| Metaphorical Theology in Sapiential Traditions | p. 326 |
| Metaphors in the Cosmological Tradition | p. 330 |
| Metaphors and the Anthropological Tradition | p. 333 |
| Metaphors of Reality | p. 336 |
| The Rhetoric of Sapiential Language | p. 339 |
| Metaphor and Metaphorical Process in Wisdom Theology | p. 339 |
| Sapiential Imagination and Creation Theology | p. 340 |
| Wisdom and Old Testament Theology | p. 340 |
| Notes | p. 343 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 379 |
| Indexes | p. 391 |
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