Biblical Wisdom, Then and Now (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Flannery, Frances; Roddy, Nicolae

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000415018
• Artikelnr.: 62057423

Autorenporträt

Frances Flannery is Professor of Religion at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. She teaches courses in biblical studies, religion and culture, and intelligence analysis. She is a specialist in the intersection of biblical studies and contemporary challenges, especially as concerns climate change, violent extremism, peacebuilding, and intergroup dialogue. She has authored two monographs (Dreamers, Scribes and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras, 2004; Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism: Countering the Radical Mindset, Routledge, 2016), two other edited volumes (The Bible and Political Debate: What Does it Really Say?, 2016; Experientia, Volume One: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity, 2008), and over fifty peer-reviewed articles or chapters. Nicolae Roddy is Professor of Theology at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. An Eastern (Romanian) Orthodox biblical scholar, Roddy teaches Hebrew Bible / Older Testament courses, as well as early Jewish and Christian history in Creighton's Honors program. Roddy is a former Fulbright scholar to Romania. He currently serves as Visiting Professor for the Jewish Studies Center in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest, teaching ancient Jewish history and biblical archaeology. For twenty years, Dr. Roddy served as co-director and area supervisor for the Bethsaida Archaeology project. He is author of The Romanian Version of the Testament of Abraham: Text, Translation, and Cultural Context (2001) and three edited volumes, as well as numerous peer-reviewed book chapters, articles, and archaeological reports.

Inhaltsangabe

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