Called into Character: Aesthetic and Ascetic Aspects of Biblical Ethics
This essay examines two different ways that scholars influenced by virtue ethics have seen the relationship between the reader of the biblical text and the characters in that text. After looking at how these approaches are grounded in the biblical text itself, I argue that both play an important rol...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 80, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Ethics
/ Biblical person
/ Reader
/ Empathy
/ Identification
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
moral exemplar
B Ethics in the Bible B Imitation B Empathy B Identification B biblical ethics B character(s) B Scholars B Virtue Ethics |
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| Summary: | This essay examines two different ways that scholars influenced by virtue ethics have seen the relationship between the reader of the biblical text and the characters in that text. After looking at how these approaches are grounded in the biblical text itself, I argue that both play an important role in the reader's character formation and moral development. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0000 |