Bible Wisdom for Modern Times: Selections from the Orthodox Old Testament

by John Howard Reid

Book Overview

Newly translated and paraphrased selections from Old Testament and so-called "apocryphal" biblical wisdom literature, including The Wisdom of "Solomon", Jesus Ben Sirach, Tobias (Tobit), Greek "Ezra", King David and other inspired Jewish and Greek writers, are rendered into modern English. The original stories of "The Three Wise Young Men" and Tobias (Tobit} have been reconstructed, whilst retaining as many of the later moralistic interpolations as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1430301694
• ISBN13: 9781430301691
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"