The Tree of Life

<DIV>Since 1990 Roland Murphy's <I>Tree of Life</I> has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now <I>The Tree of Life</I> is available in a third edition complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research.<br><br>This superb study thoroughly explores the wisdom writings of the Bible interpreting this literature in a way that illumines the development of Israel's search for wisdom throughout its tumultuous history. Murphy looks at each wisdom book individually -- Proverbs Job Ecclesiastes Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom of Solomon -- and adds to them a discussion of wisdom from other parts of the Old Testament. His careful investigations expose the various guises that wisdom adopts -- the fear of the Lord moral formation the universality of human experience the mysteries of creation and others.</DIV>