Biblical Wisdom, Then and Now

ISBN-13: 9780367481308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

Frances Flannery; Nicolae Roddy

Opis

This volume examines biblical wisdom literature both in its historical context and as it relates to a host of contemporary themes, including overcoming social divisions, reading from a place of inclusion, healing from trauma, and challenging religious attitudes toward climate change and animals.

Spis treści

List of contributors; Abbreviations; Foreword by Alan J. Hauser; Preface by Frances Flannery; Introduction and Case Study, "Wisdom for Challenging Times: Ecclesiastes, Job, and a Vote for Compassionate Theology", Nicolae Roddy and Frances Flannery; PART ONE. The Wisdom Tradition Then; Chapter 1, Wisdom for the Exiled: An Intertextual Approach, Katharine J. Dell; Chapter 2, Wisdom for the Scribe: Ritual and the Life of the Scribe in Sirach, Rodney A. Werline; Chapter 3, Wisdom for the King: Wisdom for Rulers through History, Lowell K. Handy; PART TWO. The Wisdom Tradition Now; Chapter 4, Wisdom for Those in the Image of God: An Eco-Theological Reading of Human and Serpentine Knowledge in Genesis 1-3, Frances Flannery; Chapter 5, Wisdom for Evangelical Christians: Reading the Bible Wisely in Relation to Climate Change, Chris VanLandingham; Chapter 6, Wisdom for the Animals and the Cosmos: The Psalms and Anthropocentric Religion, Iain Provan; Chapter 7, Wisdom for the Silenced: Reading Psalm 32 as Cautionary Counsel in Response to 2 Samuel 13-19, Charles A. Packer; Chapter 8, Wisdom for All: Reading the Liberating "I" of the Psalms, Beth LaNeel Tanner; Chapter 9, Wisdom for the Imagination: Hammering Heaven in William Blake’s Illuminated Books, Rachel Wagner; Chapter 10, Wisdom for Haters: Biblical Wisdom as an Antidote to Othering, Nicolae Roddy; Index