Marcel Krusche
Verhängnisvolle Weisheit
Hybris und Fall der Weisen in alttestamentlicher Perspektive vor dem altorientalischen Hintergrund
[Fatal Wisdom. The Hubris and Fall of Wise Men from an Old Testament Perspective Against an Ancient Near Eastern Background.]
2025. 453 pages. Summary
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What is wrong and problematic about wisdom, so that it can turn out to be fatal for the wise? Marcel Krusche addresses this question on the basis of Old Testament texts in which wisdom appears as an ambivalent or detrimental quality and the (supposedly) wise have a negative image.