Wisdom texts form Qumran

This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea scrolls. After surveying biblical and extrabibilical wisdom books, the author considers the best and most fully preserved wisdom text form Wumran. The centerpiece of the book is a discussion of the large wisdom instruction known as Sapiential Work A. Also, the author reflects on the relevance of those texts for the suty of ealry Judaism and Christianity. An appendix treats the Ben Sira scroll from Masada.