OLD IDEAS: WISDOM, VIRTUE AND MORAL FORMATION

Authors

  • Douglas Lawrie University of the Western Cape

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7833/112-0-97

Keywords:

Wisdom, Virtue, Aristotle, Confucius, Human Flourishing, Proverbs

Abstract

 The wisdom writings of the Old Testament may be regarded as largely a repository of ‘old ideas’ that were preserved across cultures and ages because they generally served human life. To study the material from this angle, focusing less on reconstructing the past and more on serving the present, will require several adjustments to usual scholarly approaches. Comparisons going beyond Israel’s Umwelt will also be fruitful. Comparisons with the teachings of Confucius and Aristotle may be particularly helpful. Such studies have to be respectfully critical, taking the sages of the past seriously as interlocutors while recognizing the limits of their vision.

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Author Biography

Douglas Lawrie, University of the Western Cape

 Religion and Theology  University of the Western Cape

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Published

2014-02-05

How to Cite

Lawrie, D. (2014). OLD IDEAS: WISDOM, VIRTUE AND MORAL FORMATION. Scriptura: Journal for Biblical, Theological and Contextual Hermeneutics, 112, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.7833/112-0-97

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Vol. 112 (2013)

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