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Author:   Timothy J. Sandoval
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
Imprint:   Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Weight:   0.569kg
ISBN:  

9781540967206

ISBN 10:   1540967204
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   11 June 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Case for Proverbs as Virtue-Oriented Moral Discourse 1. The Undervaluing of Proverbs' Moral Worth: The Role of Biblical Studies and Modern Ethics 2. The Prologue as Hermeneutical Key: Categories of Virtues and Figurative Language 3. The Anthropology of Proverbs: The Nature and Happiness of Human Beings 4. Proverbs' Way of Life: The Priority of Moral Agents over Right Acts 5. The Training of Desire for a Life of Flourishing in Proverbs 6. Desire, Knowledge, and Goodness: Beyond Wise and Just, Foolish and Wicked 7. The Centrality of Social Virtues for Flourishing 8. Practical Wisdom in Proverbs 9. The Efficacy and Limitations of Practical Wisdom in Proverbs Part 2: The Implications of Proverbs as Virtue-Oriented Moral Discourse 10. Proverbs' Virtue Ethics beyond Proverbs? The Shared Moral Discourse of Proverbs and Amos 11. 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 12. A Virtue-Ethics Approach to Cosmogony in Proverbs (Part 2): Reading Proverbs 8:22-31 as a Test Case 13. Wisdom as Practice (Part 1): Overview of Biblical Concepts and MacIntyrian Terms 14. Wisdom as Practice (Part 2): How MacIntyrian Practice Informs an Understanding of Proverbs' Virtue Ethics Conclusion: Worthy Wisdom, Who Can Find? Indexes

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Timothy J. Sandoval (PhD, Emory University) is professor of religion at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. His teaching and scholarly work has focused on the book of Proverbs and the Bible's wisdom literature with special attention to questions of ethics, justice, and poverty in the biblical world. He is the author of Money and the Way of Wisdom and The Discourse of Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs as well as numerous articles. He has also coedited five other books.

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