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Cover -- The Solomonic Corpus Of 'wisdom' And Its Influence -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Scholarly Path To Writing This Book -- The Shape Of This Book -- Canon, Intertexts, And Genre In Recent Debate -- The Theme Of Creation In The Quest For 'wisdom' And Intertextual Connections -- The Solomonic Corpus Of 'wisdom' -- Part 1: Defining Wisdom In Relation To The Solomonic Corpus -- Chapter 1: Deciding The Boundaries Of 'wisdom': Applying The Concept Of Family Resemblance -- Classifying 'wisdom' -- Genre Criteria -- An Alternative To Form Criticism? An Alternative To 'wisdom'? -- Questions Of Social Context -- A Wisdom 'core' -- A 'wisdom Family'? -- Solomonic Wisdom -- An Intertextual Afterthought -- Chapter 2: The 'wisdom' Continuum Of Proverbs And Ecclesiastes (without Job) -- Job As 'outlier' -- Proverbs And Ecclesiastes As Central 'core' -- Formal Links -- A Continuum Of Ideas -- Wisdom And Folly -- Wider Implications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Third Solomonic Book: Does The Song Of Songs Have Any Connections To 'wisdom'? -- Solomonic Attribution And References To The King -- Editorial Links With The Wisdom Genre Relationship To Wisdom Motifs And Female Configurations In Proverbs -- Links With Woman Wisdom -- Links With The Loose Woman -- Other Areas Of Connection With Wisdom Motifs -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Solomon's Wisdom -- Chapter 4: 'the Lord Loved Him': Solomon As Idealized Character And Paradigm For Character Ethics -- Following In David's Footsteps -- A Pedagogical Narrative -- Solomon's 'wise' Early Years: Passive Or Active? -- Scholarly Evaluations Of The I Kings 1-11 Narrative -- Solomon's 'wisdom' -- 'wise' Temple Building -- Wisdom Exchange: Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba The 'solomonic' Collection -- Chapter 5: Solomon's Wisdom And The Egyptian Connection -- Walter Brueggemann's Assessment -- A Time Of Transition -- Solomon's Egyptian Connections -- Other International Connections -- Wisdom And Admin