Life for the righteous, doom for the wicked: reading Habakkuk from a wisdom perspective

dc.contributor.upauthorPrinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T09:11:55Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T09:11:55Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionContinued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'en_US
dc.description.abstractIn many ways, the book of Habakkuk is unique in the Book of the Twelve Prophets. One of the reasons is that the Gattungen normally associated with prophetic literature are either absent or occur in unique forms. On the other hand, it has long since been recognised that wisdom motifs had a definite influence upon the book. This can be seen in the vocabulary, in many of the themes, in the dialogic character of the book, and even in the overall structure of the book. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the intertextual relations between Habakkuk and wisdom texts in the Old Testament, especially the so called sceptical wisdom. The importance of these motifs in determining the theological thrust of the book is discussed. It is shown that the recognition of these motifs has implications for the date of the book in its final form as well.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1025276en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrinsloo, GTM, 'Life for the righteous, doom for the wicked: Reading Habakkuk from a wisdom perspective', Skrif en Kerk, vol. 21, no.3, pp. 621-640.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0257-8891
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/11424
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectProphetic literatureen
dc.subjectSceptical wisdomen
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Habakkuk -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en
dc.subject.lcshWisdom -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshGood and evil -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshIntertextuality in the Bibleen
dc.titleLife for the righteous, doom for the wicked: reading Habakkuk from a wisdom perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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