Wisdom in Israel Book

	Preface
	Translator's Note
	Abbreviations
I	The Problem	3
II	Centres and Transmitters of the Didactic Traditions	15
III	The Forms in which Knowledge is Expressed	24
1	The Literary Proverb	25
2	Other Forms of Didactic Poetry	34
IV	Knowledge and the Fear of God	53
V	The Significance of Orders for Correct Social Behaviour	74
VI	Limits of Wisdom	97
VII	The Essentials for Coping with Reality	113
1	The Expression of the Actual and the Search for Analogies	115
2	Cause and Effect. The Act-Consequence Relationship	124
VIII	The Doctrine of the Proper Time	138
IX	The Self-Revelation of Creation	144
1	Wisdom Immanent in the World	145
2	The Call	157
3	Intellectual Love	166
X	The Polemic against Idols	177
XI	Wisdom and Cult (Excursus)	186
XII	Trust and Attack	190
1	The Basis of Trust	190
2	Answers to Experiences of Suffering	195
3	The Book of Job	206
4	Ecclesiastes	226
5	Epilogue to Job and Ecclesiastes	237
XIII	The Wisdom of Jesus Sirach	240
XIV	The Divine Determination of Times (Excursus)	263
XV	Conclusion	287
	Index of Key Words	321
	Index of Passages	322