Xinzhong Yao

Wisdom in Early Confucian and Israelite Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

Wisdom is an integratal part of all philosophical and religious traditions in the world. Focusing on the concept of wisdom, this book examines the difficulties and problems facing comparative studies of the early Confucian and Israelite traditions by exploring the cosmological and ethical implications of wisdom in the older layers of Christian and Confucian texts. Presenting a detailed discussion of how wisdom was understood in philosophical, religious and social contexts by the writers of the so-called early Confucian and Israelite wisdom texts, this book offers an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the significance of wisdom in the East and West, and to our knowledge of different and yet related ways of life as understood in their literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780754609551
• ISBN-10: 0754609553
• Artikelnr.: 44789800

Autorenporträt

Xinzhong Yao

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Wisdom in a comparative perspective
Confucian and Israelite sources
Knowledge and wisdom
Wisdom as the way of life
Virtue, moral training and wise man images
Family, politics and the sage-king paradigm
Secularity and sacredness of wisdom
Conclusion: Wisdom as breaking through human finitude
Bibliography
Appendices
Index.