Talk:Wisdom literature

crosslinking to German
needs crosslinking to German Weisheitsliteratur: i have no idea how that is done


 * You put Weisheitsliteratur at the end --Henrygb 16:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge Sapiential Books to here
Merged Sapiential Books to here. - 74.138.110.32 (talk) 03:52, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Israel
What is exactly Israel here? Israelites? Hebrew literature?

Anglo-Saxon 'wisdom literature'
There is a large field of discussion about 'wisdom literature' in Anglo-Saxon corpus that is appropriate to include here

See for reference: --- -Gnomic Poetry In anglosaxon Issue 49, Blanche Colton Williams -The Solomon Complex, Elaine Tuttle Hansen - Job, ecclesiastes, and the mechanics of wisdom in Old English Poetry - Lyric gnome in old English poetry

Note, the Americans seem to dislike Anglo-Saxon due to their perceived personal history with the term. In England however the term is acceptable. I think old English is more common for describing the literature though, its a matter of taste I guess. Its pretty much synonymous in usage.

CantingCrew (talk) 21:46, 20 June 2020 (UTC)CantingCrew

Where’s the Babylonian / Mesopotamian literature?
There’s many specific Mesopotamian examples of wisdom literature — shouldn’t they be added to this article? Bagabondo (talk) 14:02, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

19th-century detailed description
The Wisdom Literature article in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica seems to have a broader scope, and is certainly more detailed, than the text here or at Poetic Books. I don't know how much of that detail reflects current understanding of the term as used today, or if there would be value in spinning off a different Wikipedia article, or if it is too Anglican-establishment oriented for current use. Perhaps we could simply notate its appearance in the Bibliography as containing more insight. Does anyone with more specialized knowledge have any insights? David Brooks (talk) 14:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)