Wisdom Discourse in the Ancient World

This book moves beyond the debate on ’wisdom literature’, ongoing in Biblical Studies, demonstrating the productivity of ’wisdom’ as a literary category. Featuring work by scholars of Egyptology, Classics, Biblical and Near Eastern Studies, it offers fresh perspectives on what makes a text ’wisdom’.

Sara De Martin received her PhD in Classics from King’s College, London. She is currently Lecturer in Ancient Languages and Greek Literature at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and an Early Career Research Associate of the Institute of Classical Studies, London. Her research focuses on archaic Greek elegy, gnomic literature, and Greek comedy.

Anna Lucia Furlan obtained her PhD in Classics at King’s College, London. She is currently honorary research fellow (cultrice della materia) in the Religious Studies Department of the Catholic University in Milan. At present, her research interests mainly include ancient mystery cults and their reception (particularly Orphism) and Early Christian Literature.