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Poetic Imagination in Proverbs

Author : Knut Martin Heim
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575066963
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Imagination in Proverbs written by Knut Martin Heim and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No fewer than 223 verses in Proverbs appear two times (79 sets), three times (15 sets), or even four times (5 sets) in identical or slightly altered form—more than 24% of the book. Heim analyzes all of these, presenting them in delineated Hebrew lines and in English translation. Where appropriate, the translations are followed by textual notes that discuss uncertainties regarding the textual witnesses (textual criticism) and explore lexical, grammatical, and syntactical problems. Heim also analyzes the way the parallelism in each verse of a variant set has been constructed, presenting diagrams and tables with columns that highlight the corresponding similarities and differences among repeated verses. Key to this investigation is the search for links between the variants and their surrounding verses, such as repetitions of sound and sense. Heim shows that most variant repetitions result from skillful poetic creativity. Reconstruction of the editorial and creative poetic process highlights what poets did, how they did it, and why they did it. He develops criteria for determining the direction of borrowing between the verses and demonstrates that the phenomenon of variant repetition is an editorial concern that operates on the level of the book as a whole. He develops and refines a range of interpretive techniques and skills, arrives at fresh interpretations, and shows that ancient proverbial wisdom is relevant to modern societies. This study sheds new light on the nature of biblical poetry and on the methods and virtues best suited for its study. While specific to the book of Proverbs in the first instance, the findings in this study apply to poetry elsewhere. Three fundamental insights should inform future work on poetry: the creative combination of repetition with variation is the very essence of poetry; what has been written with imagination should be read with imagination; imaginative interpretation values the normal features of poetic expression and celebrates the truly unusual.

Poetic Ethics in Proverbs

Author : Anne W. Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107119421
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Ethics in Proverbs written by Anne W. Stewart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the sophisticated understanding of the formation of the moral self that emerges in the poetry of Proverbs, which many have wrongly dismissed as simplistic. Anne W. Stewart analyzes images and metaphors to illuminate the Book's views on the role of emotions and desires in shaping moral imaginations.

Perfidious Proverbs and Other Poems

Author : Philip Appleman
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781616143855
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Perfidious Proverbs and Other Poems written by Philip Appleman and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of satirical poems homes in on the inconsistencies and downright perversities of what passes in our culture as "Holy Writ." Turning to satire, with its long and distinguished record of exposing folly and bringing enlightenment through humor, the author leaves no doubt that primitive religion posing as eternal truth is just the sort of folly that satire is meant to correct. He lets his poetic imagination roam widely, as he takes on the roles of Eve, Noah, Sarah, Jonah, David, Mary, Jesus, Judas, and even the biblical Jehovah Himself, ("I never apologize, never explain."). We also hear from priests, televangelists, and faith healers, as well as some sensible contemporaries, commenting on what it means to live a life of reason. At the conclusion to the introduction, the author says: "Intelligent and well-meaning people have argued for centuries against the fatal attraction of foolishness, but their efforts have been largely unproductive, partly because many people seem impervious to rational discussion. So perhaps satire is our most effective way of lighting candles in the darkness and communicating effectively to those who are immune to reason. That is, at any rate, the hope, and the rationale, of this book." In this age of suicide bombers and resurgent fundamentalism, we need these lighted candles like never before.

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature

Author : Katherine J. Dell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108665810
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature written by Katherine J. Dell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible and the contemporary cultures in the ancient Near Eastern world is evolving rapidly as old definitions and assumptions are questioned. Scholars are now interrogating the role of oral culture, the rhetoric of teaching and didacticism, the understanding of genre, and the relationship of these factors to the corpus of writings. The scribal culture in which wisdom literature arose is also under investigation, alongside questions of social context and character formation. This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. Reflecting new interpretive approaches, including virtue ethics and intertextuality, the volume includes essays by an international team of leading scholars. They engage with the texts, provide authoritative summaries of the state of the field, and open up to readers the exciting world of biblical wisdom.

Inner Biblical Allusion in the Poetry of Wisdom and Psalms

Author : Mark J. Boda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567675904
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Inner Biblical Allusion in the Poetry of Wisdom and Psalms written by Mark J. Boda and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume discuss not merely the theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of inner biblical allusion but rather provide practical examples of scholars working with specific texts within the wisdom and psalms corpora in order to showcase the function of this phenomenon within poetic texts. Closing responses from senior scholars (David Clines and John Goldingay) provide a critical engagement and mature reflection on the contributions.

Poetic Ethics in Proverbs

Author : Anne W. Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316462676
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Ethics in Proverbs written by Anne W. Stewart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Proverbs' frequent use of binary oppositions - righteous and wicked, wise and foolish - has led many to assume that its vision of the moral world is relatively simplistic. This study demonstrates that Proverbs in fact presents a remarkably sophisticated response to ethical questions of profound concern to the Israelite sages who crafted the book: what motivates human beings? How do they learn? How does the power of desire shape human characters? Anne W. Stewart analyzes Proverbs' multifaceted collection of images and metaphors to reveal their complex understanding of the development of the moral self, which suggests that character formation requires educating all of the senses and not simply the cognitive faculties. One of few works to make explicit connections between the poetic form of Proverbs and its pedagogical function, Poetic Ethics in Proverbs will appeal to all those interested in literary approaches to the Bible.

Psalms, Proverbs, and Parables

Author : Andrew S. Weeks
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595199720
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Psalms, Proverbs, and Parables written by Andrew S. Weeks and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible’s greatest value is its doctrinal and prophetic message: the Old Testament’s foretelling of a coming Messiah, and the New Testament’s fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy – the literal coming of Christ, the Son of God, and what bearing His life’s work has upon the human race. We must not overlook the Bible’s peculiar doctrinal stance in world history … and we should “thank the Jews” for that “Book of books,” which is the Bible. But where does the Bible stand in literary terms? Surely we must not overlook the Bible’s peculiar literary stance in world history. The Bible, with its prophetic imagery, poetic praises, and parabolic analogy is one of the world’s greatest literary works. Perhaps none of its writings show this more than does the Psalms, Proverbs, and parables. —From the Introduction With an insightful introduction on the literary gems of the Psalms, Proverbs and parables, this compilation is a fine contribution to any religious or inspirational library, sure to inspire a more careful and serious reading of one of the world’s greatest texts—the Holy Bible.

An Introduction to Israel's Wisdom Traditions

Author : John L. McLaughlin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467450561
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Israel's Wisdom Traditions by : John L. McLaughlin

Download or read book An Introduction to Israel's Wisdom Traditions written by John L. McLaughlin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be a challenge to understand the Hebrew Bible’s wisdom literature and how it relates to biblical history and theology, but John L. McLaughlin makes this complicated genre straightforward and accessible. This introductory-level textbook begins by explaining the meaning of wisdom to the Israelites and surrounding cultures before moving into the conventions of the genre and its poetic forms. The heart of the book examines Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), and the deuterocanonical Ben Sira and Wisdom of Solomon. McLaughlin also explores the influence of wisdom throughout the Old Testament and in the New Testament. Designed especially for beginning students—and based on twenty-five years of teaching Israel’s wisdom literature to university students—McLaughlin’s Introduction to Israel’s Wisdom Traditions provides an informed, panoramic view of wisdom literature’s place in the biblical canon.

Companion to the Old Testament

Author : Hywel Clifford
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334053951
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Companion to the Old Testament written by Hywel Clifford and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers guidance and enrichment for first-time and experienced readers of the Old Testament.

Between Wisdom and Torah

Author : Jiseong James Kwon
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111069923
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Between Wisdom and Torah written by Jiseong James Kwon and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous scholars have largely approached Wisdom and Torah in the Second Temple Period through a type of reception history, whereby the two concepts have been understood as signifiers of independent, earlier “biblical” streams of tradition that later came together in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, largely under the process of a so-called “torahization” of wisdom. Recent studies critiquing the nature of wisdom and wisdom literature as operative categories for understanding scribal cultures in early Judaism, as well as newer approaches to conceptualizing Torah and authorizing-compositional practices related to the Pentateuchal texts, however, have challenged the foundations on which the previous models of Wisdom and Torah rested. This volume, therefore, brings together several essays that aim to reexamine and rethink the ways we can describe the developments of texts categorized as “Wisdom” that proliferated during the Second Temple Period and whose contents point to an engagement with a “Torah” discourse. By asking anew the question of whether “Wisdom” was transformed by/into “Torah” during this period, this volume offers reformulations on the discursive space between Wisdom and Torah through analyzing new identifications, confluences, and transformations.

Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible

Author : Jeremiah W. Cataldo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567683508
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible written by Jeremiah W. Cataldo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is twofold: to introduce readers to the study of cultural memory and identity in relation to the Hebrew Bible, and to set up strategies for connecting studies of the historical contexts and literature of the Bible to parallel issues in the present day. The volume questions how we can better understand the divide between insider and outsider and the powerful impact of prejudice as a basis for preserving differences between "us" and "them"? In turn the contributors question how such frameworks shape a community's self-perception, its economics and politics. Guided by the general framework of Anderson's theory of nationalism and the outsider, such issues are explored in related ways throughout each of the contributions. Each contribution focuses on social, economic, or political issues that have significantly shaped or influenced dominant elements of cultural memory and the construction of identity in the biblical texts. Together the contributions present a larger proposal: the broad contours of memory and identity in the Bible are the products of a collective desire to reshape the social-political world.

"When the Morning Stars Sang"

Author : Scott C. Jones
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110428229
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book "When the Morning Stars Sang" written by Scott C. Jones and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a moment of exponential growth and change in the fields of biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, it is an opportune time to take stock of the state wisdom and wisdom literature with twenty-three essays honoring the consummate Weisheitslehrer, Professor Choon Leong Seow, Vanderbilt, Buffington, Cupples Chair in Divinity and Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt University. This Festschrift is tightly focused around wisdom themes, and all of the essays are written by senior scholars in the field. They represent not only the great diversity of approaches in the field of wisdom and wisdom literature, but also the remarkable range of interests and methods that have characterized Professor Seow's own work throughout the decades, including the theology of the wisdom literature, the social world of Ecclesiastes, the history of consequences of the book of Job, the poetry of the Psalms, and Northwest Semitic Inscriptions, just to name a few.

Wisdom Literature

Author : Samuel E. Balentine
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426765363
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom Literature written by Samuel E. Balentine and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom formed in the life of faith, its end is nothing less than the shaping of a moral self and community attuned to the character of God. This pursuit of wisdom is an ongoing journey, never a simple arrival. For the wisdom writings of the Old Testament, the pursuit of wisdom calls for the ongoing attainment of instruction, insight, shrewdness, knowledge, prudence, learning, and skill. And persons who attain wisdom think more deeply, are more discerning, and have a keener insight into the complexities and nuances of decision making. For a world-perspective that assumes the power and reality of divinity, being wise means living ethically - and to live ethically, one must be in a constant intellectual pursuit of meaning. The book details the structure, themes, and contribution to both ancient and modern society of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. The chapters on Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon will discuss the consonance and dissonance with “canonical wisdom,” giving special attention to the development of their core ideas. The book will conclude with a chapter on Wisdom’s abiding legacy.

Biblical Theology of Life in the Old Testament

Author : Albert J. Coetsee
Publisher : AOSIS
ISBN 13 : 1776341759
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Biblical Theology of Life in the Old Testament written by Albert J. Coetsee and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a primary theme in Scripture, expressed in the rich diversity of the various books, corpora and genres of Scripture. Much has been published on what Scripture teaches about life and death. To date, however, no comprehensive biblical theology in which the concept of life is traced throughout the different books and corpora of the Old and New Testament has been published. It is this lacuna that this book aims to fill, assuming that such an approach can provide a valuable contribution to the theological discourse on life and related concepts. The primary aim of this book is to give an indication of the different nuances of the concept of life in the various books and corpora of the Old and New Testament by providing the reader with a book-by-book overview of the concept of life in Scripture. The secondary aim is to give an indication of the overall use and function of the concept of life in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and Scripture as a whole. The latter is provided by using the findings of the book-by-book overview of the concept of life in Scripture to draw the lines together.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature

Author : Samuel L. Adams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119158230
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature written by Samuel L. Adams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical books, early Christian and rabbinic literature, and beyond. Varied and engaging essays provide fresh insights on topics of timeless relevance, exploring the distinct features of instructional texts and discussing their interpretation in both antiquity and the modern world. Designed for non-specialists, this accessible volume provides readers with balanced coverage of traditional biblical wisdom texts, including Proverbs, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes; lesser-known Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom; and African proverbs. The contributors explore topics ranging from scribes and pedagogy in ancient Israel, to representations of biblical wisdom literature in contemporary cinema. Offering readers a fresh and interesting way to engage with wisdom literature, this book: Discusses sapiential books and traditions in various historical and cultural contexts Offers up-to-date discussion on the study of the biblical wisdom books Features essays on the history of interpretation and theological reception Includes essays covering the antecedents and afterlife of the texts Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series, the Companion to Wisdom Literature is a valuable resource for university, seminary and divinity school students and instructors, scholars and researchers, and general readers with interest in the subject.

The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics

Author : C. L. Crouch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108473431
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics written by C. L. Crouch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balances historical and contemporary concerns in an engaging and informative way, drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems.

Allusive Soundplay in the Hebrew Bible

Author : Jonathan G. Kline
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 0884141705
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Allusive Soundplay in the Hebrew Bible written by Jonathan G. Kline and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study to focus exclusively on the use in the Hebrew Bible of soundplay to allude to and interpret earlier literary traditions This book focuses on the way the biblical writers used allusive soundplay to construct theological discourse, that is, in service of their efforts to describe the nature of God and God's relationship to humanity. By showing that a variety of biblical books contain examples of allusive soundplay employed for this purpose, Kline demonstrates that this literary device played an important role in the growth of the biblical text as a whole and in the development of ancient Israelite and early Jewish theological traditions. Features: Demonstrates that allusive soundplay was a productive compositional technique in ancient Israel Identifies examples of innerbiblical allusion that have not been identified before A robust methodology for identifying soundplay in innerbiblical allusions