Elisa Uusimäki, Ph.D. in Theology (December 2013), University of Helsinki, is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral fellow. Her research focuses on early Jewish wisdom literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Proverbs tradition, the concepts of wisdom and torah, and spiritual formation.

• ContentsIntroduction1 Scroll, Text, Arrangement1 Material Reconstruction of 4Q525 231.1 Methodological Introduction1.2 Observations on the Material Aspects1.3 The Arrangement of Fragments2 Hebrew Text and English Translation 2.1 Remarks on Palaeography and Orthography 2.2 Column-by-Column Presentation3 Structural Analysis3.1 Outline3.2 Comments4 Conclusions2 Influence of Scripture on 4Q5251 Concepts and Phenomena1.1 Remarks on Presuppositions1.2 Theoretical Framework1.3 Scriptural Interpretation1.4 Definition of Terminology1.5 Tables of Parallels2 Primary Allusion to Proverbs 1–92.1 Influence of Proverbs on 4Q5252.2 Proverbs as a Source of Inspiration2.3 Use of Proverbs and Rewriting Processes3 Secondary Allusions to Psalm 91 and Deuteronomy 323.1 Introduction to the Source Texts3.1.1 Song of Moses3.1.2 Poem of Protection3.2 Shared Imagery and Ideas3.3 Interpretation of the Parallels4 Major Echoes of Psalms4.1 Influence of Entrance Liturgy Psalms4.2 Influence of Psalms with Wisdom Elements 1445 Echoes of Deuteronomy 33 and Ben Sira6 Conclusions3 Genre, Settings, Functions1 Genre: Wisdom Built on Proverbs1.1 Literary Context of 4Q5251.2 Genre of 4Q525 in Relation to Proverbs 1–92 The Educational Settings of 4Q5252.1 Dates of Manuscript and Composition2.2 4Q525 and the Sectarian Movement2.3 Pedagogical Use of 4Q5253 Social Function: Identity Formation3.1 Creating Groups and the Others3.2 Blessing and Cursing in 4Q525 and its Context3.3 Macarisms, Curses, and Social Reality4 Concluding Remarks4 4Q525 and Jewish Pedagogy in Hellenistic Judaea1 Curriculum of Wisdom Teaching2 The Proverbs Tradition in the Late Second Temple Period2.1 4Q525 and the Development of the Tradition2.2 Wisdom of Proverbs in the Dead Sea Scrolls2.3 Role of Proverbs in Wisdom Teaching2.4 Concluding Remarks3 Wisdom and Torah Discourse3.1 Merging of Torah into Wisdom3.2 Torah Discourse of 4Q5253.3 Hebrew Language and an Expanding Torah3.4 Concluding Remarks4 Relevance of 4Q525 for the Sectarian Movement5 ConclusionsConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient SourcesAppendix: Reconstructed Scroll