Leo G. Perdue

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

Books

• 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

• Biblical Theology: Introducing the Conversation (Library of Biblical Theology) (Perdue/Morgan/Sommer) ^[8]

Articles and essays

• 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

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