Pengarang: Richard J. Clifford

In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional proverb, say a few things about ‘the problem of evi …

This second volume completes Richard Clifford’s Commentary on the Psalms. The rich imagery of the Psalms has guided and molded pray-ers since ancient times. As we seek to understand the threads and c …

Clifford differs from other commentators on the Psalms chiefly in his concern with the inner dramatic logic of the Psalms – how they organize the experience and desires of the ‘pray-er’ and bring the …

In the book of Wisdom, we find the literary voice of Solomon, the model king and seeker of wisdom sharing his meditations. Concepts from Greek philosophy are integrated into Jewish tradition to prese …

The term ‘cosmic mountain’ is a rendering of the nineteenth-century German scholarly designation Weltberg, which was derived from ancient Mesopotamian sources. The book offers a critique of the conce …

Through translation, technical notes, and insightful commentary, Richard Clifford sheds new understanding on Proverbs. By focusing on the rhetoric of Proverbs, Clifford demonstrates how the book fost …

This book brings together a series of informative essays on the theme of Creation in various Biblical traditions. They include Bernard Batto’s ‘Creation Theology in Genesis’; Robert Di Vito’s ‘The De …