Leo G. Perdue (1946-2017) was "one of the leading international scholars in the field of biblical wisdom"[1] and "Dean and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School",[2] Fort Worth, Texas and editor for The Library of Biblical Theology at Abingdon Press and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht's Library of Wisdom.
Leo Garrett Perdue[3] was a First American (Chickasaw Nation) born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Perdue authored several books, monographs, and commentaries.
Published works
editBooks
edit- Proverbs: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching)[4]
- The Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires[5]
- Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After the Collapse of History (Overtures to Biblical Theology)[6]
- Wisdom Literature: A Theological History[7]
Edited copies
edit- Biblical Theology: Introducing the Conversation (Library of Biblical Theology) (Perdue/Morgan/Sommer)[8]
Articles and essays
edit- Perdue, Leo G. "Ben Sira and the Prophets." In Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit: Essays in Honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M., edited by Jeremy Corley and Vincent T. M. Skemp, 132-154. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2005.[9]
References
edit- ^ [1] Perdue, Leo G. - Wisdom Literature: A Theological History - by RBL by the Society of Biblical Literature
- ^ [2] Adhering to Israel's God by Leo G. Perdue
- ^ [3] CURRICULUM VITAE July, 2010
- ^ [4] Proverbs: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching)
- ^ [5] The Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires
- ^ [6] Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After the Collapse of History (Overtures to Biblical Theology)
- ^ [7] Wisdom Literature: A Theological History
- ^ [8] Biblical Theology: Introducing the Conversation (Library of Biblical Theology)
- ^ [9] Leo Perdue Bibliography - Professor of Hebrew Bible, Brite Divinity School