'Wold's thoughtful and iconoclastic work begins to rethink everything we think we thought we already knew about wisdom in early Judaism and the New Testament. It's a tour de force of close reading, material philology, and big consequences for the study of ancient literature.' Garrick Allen, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies, University of Glasgow
Introduction; 1. Cosmology and eschatology; 2. Universalism & particularism; 3. Wisdom as action; 4. Poverty and humility; 5. Debt remission in the Matthean Lord's prayer; 6. Paul: Spirit, flesh, and the household; Conclusion; Bibliography.