ARTICLE
Hellenistic Interpretation of the Hebrew Text of Prov 8:22-31 up to the Beginning of the Christian Era
Maurizio GIROLAMI
volume 14, issue 2, 2022, pages 127-156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsBSWF7616
Published online: 2022-12-01
Published in print: 2022-12-30
Abstract: The study explores the relationship between the Hebrew text and the Greek version of Prov 8:22-31 and examines the texts of Hellenistic Judaism that were inspired by the theme of personified Wisdom creating the world with God. The Alexandrian philosophers Aristobulus and Philo frame the period under consideration. In this frame some themes of Prov 8 are taken by Job, Baruch, Sirach and Wisdom. We find the feminine characterization of Wisdom also in the paratestamentary literature of the Book of Jubilees and Qumran.
Keywords:
Prov 8, Wisdom, reception, Septuagint, Hellenistic Judaism