The Moral vision of Proverbs : A Virtue-oriented approach to wisdom
"This major statement on Proverbs as virtue ethics provides a critical, Christian approach to a text laden with interpretive challenges for modern readers."-- Provided by publisher Full description
| Main Author: | Sandoval, Timothy J. |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2024 |
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| 100 | |a Sandoval, Timothy J. | ||
| 245 | |a The Moral vision of Proverbs : |b A Virtue-oriented approach to wisdom |h [electronic resource] | ||
| 260 | |a Grand Rapids, Michigan : |b Baker Academic, |c 2024. | ||
| 300 | |a eBook | ||
| 500 | |a Includes Index and Bibliographical References. | ||
| 505 | |a The case for Proverbs as virtue-oriented moral discourse. The undervaluing of Proverbs' moral worth: The role of biblical studies and modern ethics -- The prologue as hermeneutical key: Categories of virtues and figurative language -- The anthropology of Proverbs: The nature and happiness of human beings -- Proverbs' way of life: The priority of moral agents over right acts -- The training of desire for a life of flourishing in Proverbs -- Desire, knowledge, and goodness: Beyond wise and just, foolish and wicked -- The centrality of social virtues for flourishing -- Practical wisdom in Proverbs -- The efficacy and limitations of practical wisdom in Proverbs -- The implications of Proverbs as virtue-oriented moral discourse. Proverbs' virtue ethics beyond Proverbs? The shared moral discourse of Proverbs and Amos -- A virtue-ethics approach to cosmogony in Proverbs (part 1): Reconsidering the interpretive history of natural law, the orders of creation, and empiricism in Proverbs -- A virtue-ethics approach to cosmogony in Proverbs (part 2): Reading Proverbs 8:22-31 as a test case -- Wisdom as practice (part 1): Overview of biblical concepts and MacIntyrian terms -- Wisdom as practice (part 2): How MacIntyrian practice informs an understanding of Proverbs' virtue ethics -- Conclusion: Worthy wisdom, who can find? | ||
| 520 | |a "This major statement on Proverbs as virtue ethics provides a critical, Christian approach to a text laden with interpretive challenges for modern readers."-- Provided by publisher | ||
| 650 | |a BIBLE.O.T. - PROVERBS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. | ||
| 650 | |a VIRTUES. | ||
| 650 | |a ETHICS. | ||
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