This creates a Christian theology of wisdom for the present day, in discussion with two sets of conversation-partners: The writers of the 'wisdom literature' in ancient Israel and the Jewish community in Alexandria; and the philosophers and thinkers of the late-modern age, among them Derrida, Levinas, Kristeva, Ricoeur, and Arendt. Fiddes has attempted a complex interweaving of three distinct strands in his interests, Christian doctrine, modern Continental philosophy, and an early doctoral focus on Wisdom literature. Fiddes produces his weave with such consummate skill that any reader is bound to come away impressed ...