Wisdom for Life 13-02-1415:45:04 TITEL4 U443 Format:155x230mm Metaserver2(PKW) Release19.00xSOLAR09Jan14.1039onThuJan910:39:28GMT2014 Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Edited by John Barton, Reinhard G. Kratz and Markus Witte Volume 445 13-02-1415:45:04 TITEL4 U443 Format:155x230mm Metaserver2(PKW) Release19.00xSOLAR09Jan14.1039onThuJan910:39:28GMT2014 Wisdom for Life Essays Offered to Honor Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday Edited by Nuria Calduch-Benages DE GRUYTER 13-02-1415:45:04 TITEL4 U443 Format:155x230mm Metaserver2(PKW) Release19.00xSOLAR09Jan14.1039onThuJan910:39:28GMT2014 ISBN978-3-11-030162-5 e-ISBN978-3-11-030164-9 ISSN0934-2575 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ACIPcatalogrecordforthisbookhasbeenappliedforattheLibraryofCongress. BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.dnb.de. ©2014WalterdeGruyterGmbH,Berlin/Boston Printing:Hubert&Co.GmbH&Co.KG,Göttingen ♾Printedonacid-freepaper PrintedinGermany www.degruyter.com 13-02-1415:45:04 TITEL4 U443 Format:155x230mm Metaserver2(PKW) Release19.00xSOLAR09Jan14.1039onThuJan910:39:28GMT2014 Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ Preface Almost fifteen years have passed since 28 July 1998 when I had the pleasure of presenting at the University of Louvain Treasures of Wisdom, the first Festschrift dedicated to Prof. Maurice Gilbert on the occasion of his 65th birthday. It was a simple celebration, but a very special one because at the time he participated in the XLVIIIth «Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense» and was completely taken by surprise. For that occasion, Cardinal Carlo M. Martini had written a letter to unite himself with the celebration and this letter was later published in the said volume. From it I choose some passages that were and still are especially significant: “you have made a decisive contribution to our knowledge of the Wisdom texts and poetry of Israel. Your true concern, however, has been not only to deepen our scientific knowledge of the biblical pages, but also to open them up to the know- ledge and use of the faithful […] When one reads your writings, one perceives that the basis of your searching is the search for the Lord, for his Wisdom and for his will. This is what is most important from an entire life devoted to Scripture and to the brethren, that grace which unites us even when our places and paths are different. It is in this sense that I greet you from afar”. The good wishes of Cardinal Martini have been fulfilled, and, 12 March 2014, Prof. Gilbert will celebrate his 80th birthday, his life marked by the search for and spreading of Wisdom. The contributors to this Festschrift are among a great number of people (friends, colleagues, students…) who have learned from and with him. That is why they wish to express their friendship and gratitude with the publication of the present volume, which is, in fact, the third Festschrift dedica- ted to him. The first Festschrift is devoted exclusively to Sirach and Wisdom (Nuria Cal- duch-Benages – Jacques Vermeylen, eds., Treasures of Wisdom. Studies on Ben Sira and the Book of Wisdom. Festschrift Maurice Gilbert [BETL 143], Leuven: Uni- versity Press – Peeters, 1999). The second has a much broader range (Françoise Mies, ed., Toute la sagesse du monde – Hommage à Maurice Gilbert, pour le 65e anniversaire de l’exégète et du recteur [Le livre et le rouleau 7], Brussels: Lessius, 1999). This third Festschrift concentrates on all the books of the so-called “Sapi- ential Pentateuch” (Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach and Wisdom) plus the Psalms. Thanks are due to all the authors who have contributed with their articles. Many, although sincerely wishing to, have not been able to contribute in writing on account of work, personal commitments or health. Special thanks go to those who have helped with the translation of texts into English, the revision of the translations, the successive corrections of the drafts and so many other details: Prof. Leo Arnold, Dr. Jeremy Corley, Mgr. Dr. Jan Liesen, Dr. Michael Tait and Mr. Carlo Valentino, General Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Last but viii   Preface not least, I acknowledge the help of Dr. Albrecht Döhnert, Editorial Director of the publishing house Walter de Gruyter, who, right from the beginning, has encou- raged and supported me in this project and has made possible the publication of this work in the prestigious series BZAW. Dear Prof. Gilbert, our good wish for you, for those who have written, and for all those who will profit by reading, is: may the Word of God bring you Wisdom for Life. Nuria Calduch-Benages Rome, 8th September 2013 Table of Contents Preface   vii Proverbs Michael V. Fox A Profile of the Septuagint Proverbs   3 Jean Louis Ska Abraham, maître de sagesse selon l’idéal des Proverbes   18 Hans-Winfried Jüngling Von der “Anstrengung des Begriffs” (Spr 1,3) und von “Not” und “Not wendender Kraft” (Spr 24,10.11–12)   30 Angelo Passaro The Words of Agur (Prov 30:1–9) and the Book of Proverbs: Some Historico- Anthropological Considerations   50 Job Françoise Mies Job et la main de Dieu   61 Darius Iwanski Courtroom Imagery: The Neglected Background of Job 5:1   84 Renate Egger-Wenzel Ein Phönix in Ijob 29,18?   96 Sebastiano Pinto The Optical Illusion: Job and the Reasons for a Protest (Job 29–31)   105