The Book of Wisdom, born around the turning point of the chronology, is the fruit of cultural interactions. Its Alexandrian author combines the beliefs of the Isis cult, the various mystery religions, the ideas of Stoicism and Middle Platonism with extraordinary ease with the legacy of the Jewish ancestors. Readers interested in Hellenistic culture and Jewish traditions can get to know the richness of the book under the competent guidance of Luca Mazzinghi. The work is a lively dialogue between history and the need to understand history, a medium of encounters: tradition and modernity; learned, transferred knowledge and practice; individual and community; the meeting ground of religion and morality. Our "sage", whose person and name remains hidden in the shadow of Solomon, the famous figure of the past, who is considered the patron of wisdom, turns to the culture of his time, which opened the borders, with the openness of the great predecessor, while at the same time he is aware that the future of a nation depends on its past, traditions, how he views heroes who are loyal to common ideals. The series publishes professionally demanding monographs, translations and edited volumes from the subject area of ​​scriptural studies and its auxiliary disciplines, as well as - in some cases - the results of new research in related disciplines.

L'Harmattan For Rent
Religion, mythology
320 pages

ISBN: 9789634141082
Author: Luca Mazzinghi