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Article: Where Can Wisdom Be Found? The Sage's Language in the Bible and in Ancient Egyptian Literature.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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Interest in possible interconnections between the Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature and the ancient Egyptian literary genre of "teachings" (sb y.t) began with Adolph Erman. He observed similar statements found both in The Teachings of Amenemope, a late Ramesside text, and the biblical book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to King Solomon. He published his findings as "Eine agyptische Quelle der 'Spruche Salomos'," Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 15 (1924): 86-93. Subsequent studies by numerous authors identified similarities between statements in other texts made in each tradition, dissected the possibilities for influence in one direction ...