A new edition of an academic favorite. While covering standard issues such as literary formation of the biblical texts and their religious themes, Ceresko uncovers the social background and the vital history of competing interests reflected in the scriptures. The late Anthony R. Ceresko, O.S.F.S., taught at St. Michael"s College in Toronto, and was professor of Old Testament at St Peter"s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore, India. He is author of Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom.