Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature

Cover -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Character, Creation, and Wonder in Wisdom -- Character and Creation -- Wisdom's Wonder -- Wisdom and the Wisdom Literature -- Modus Operandi -- 2. Wonder, Desire, and the Art of Character Formation in Proverbs -- The Prologue of Proverbs --...

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Main Author: Brown, William P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Grand Rapids Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Brown, William P., 1958-, Wisdom's wonder] (2014) (Witte, Markus, 1964 -)
[Rezension von: Brown, William P., 1958-, Wisdom's wonder] (2015) (Williamson, Robert)
[Rezension von: Brown, William P., Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature] (2015) (Levicheva, Larisa)
Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature, William P. Brown, Eerdmans, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-8028-6793-3), xvi + 220 pp., pb 25 (2015) (Harland, Peter J.)
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Brown, William P: Wisdom's Wonder : Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature. - Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,c2014. - 9780802867933
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Summary:Cover -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Character, Creation, and Wonder in Wisdom -- Character and Creation -- Wisdom's Wonder -- Wisdom and the Wisdom Literature -- Modus Operandi -- 2. Wonder, Desire, and the Art of Character Formation in Proverbs -- The Prologue of Proverbs -- Context and Crisis -- The Ethos of Instruction -- The Profile of Virtue in Parental Discourse -- The Profile of Edifying Wonder: Woman Wisdom -- The Profile of Seductive Terror: Woman Stranger -- Instruction for the Wise: The Reciprocal Rebuke -- Pondering Proverbs -- Wonder and the Journey of Character -- 3. The Wound of Wonder: Job 1-31 -- The Crisis of Piety -- The Prologue: Testing Integrity -- The Poetic Discourse: Integrity Reprofiled -- Wisdom's Inaccessibility? -- Job's Fear(s) -- Integrity in Transition -- Job's Final Defense -- 4. Wonder Gone Wild: Job 32-42 -- Elihu: Renegade Sage, Wonder's Herald -- Wonder Gone Wild: YHWH's Discourse -- The Epilogue: Job Restored -- A New Ecology of Character -- 5. Wandering among the Ruins: Ecclesiastes I -- Crisis: Social and Sapiential -- Qoheleth's Self--Characterization -- Shaking the Foundations -- Stepping Back in Self--Transcendence -- Wisdom's Demise? -- 6. Wondering among the Ruins: Ecclesiastes II -- Wonder Rising -- God-Fearing -- Character-Forming -- Aporetic Probing and Pleasure -- 7. Conclusion: Trembling at the Threshold -- Saving Fear, Shaping Desire -- Forming Character -- A Synthesis of Character? -- Works Cited -- Subject and Name Index -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature
ISBN:1467440353