Divine Wisdom and Knowledge on Steroids: (sic) in Biblical Tradition and at Qumran

Scholars have long-noted the association of the Hebrew/Aramaic noun (sic) (power, strength, might, etc.) with divine wisdom and knowledge, but comments have been brief and intermittent. This study will elaborate upon previous investigations of the sapiential sense of (sic) and discuss texts that have hitherto been overlooked or received scant attention. After examining "biblical" and early Jewish texts of non-sectarian or proto-sectarian provenances, compositions penned by the Ya.ad movement will be addressed to shed light on the contribution (sic) made to sectarian identity. It will be demonstrated that (sic) aided the sect in asserting the conviction that, as the true Israel, the revelation of divine wisdom and knowledge was evidence that God was uniquely and powerfully at work among them.