"When the Morning Stars Sang"

During a moment of exponential growth and change in the fields of biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, it is an opportune time to take stock of the state wisdom and wisdom literature with twenty-three essays honoring the consummate Weisheitslehrer, Professor Choon Leong Seow, Vanderbilt, Buffington, Cupples Chair in Divinity and Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt University.

This Festschrift is tightly focused around wisdom themes, and all of the essays are written by senior scholars in the field. They represent not only the great diversity of approaches in the field of wisdom and wisdom literature, but also the remarkable range of interests and methods that have characterized Professor Seow's own work throughout the decades, including the theology of the wisdom literature, the social world of Ecclesiastes, the history of consequences of the book of Job, the poetry of the Psalms, and Northwest Semitic Inscriptions, just to name a few.

"Merci aux deux editeurs scientifiques pour ce collectif utile a l’exegese du courant sapientiel dans la Bible, principalement Job, et pour l’histoire de sa reception."
F. Mies in: Nouvelle Revue Théologique 140/4 (2018), 656-657

"What is most encouraging in this wide-ranging collection of essays is how much constructive use is made of ancient Near Eastem texts and traditions, coupled with an open-mindedness and a willingness to re-exarnine previous scholarship. Besides its intrinsic merits, it could certainly be used as an introduction for students working on the wisdom texts of the Old Testament."
Wilfried Watson in: Folia Orientalia LV (2018), 447-449