When a Straight Road becomes a Garden Path: The False Lead' as a Pedagogical Strategy in the Book of Proverbs
The book of Proverbs is filled with poetic devices, many of which are used to didactic ends. One such device is the false lead' or garden path'. When reading a false lead proverb, one interpretation immediately occurs to the reader, but this interpretation jars with the worldview espouse...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Proverbs
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 10
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 21
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 22-24
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 25
/ Poetics
/ Pedagogics
/ Path
/ Metaphor
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
false lead
B Pedagogy B limits of wisdom B Wordplay B Proverbs 10.1-22.16 B poetic techniques B Proverbs 25-29 B garden path B didactic strategy |
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| Summary: | The book of Proverbs is filled with poetic devices, many of which are used to didactic ends. One such device is the false lead' or garden path'. When reading a false lead proverb, one interpretation immediately occurs to the reader, but this interpretation jars with the worldview espoused in the book. The reader finds it unacceptable and realizes they have been led up the garden path'. They must go back and reanalyse the proverb, searching for a better interpretation. This article analyses five proverbs containing this device, and suggests that it is a deliberate pedagogical strategy. The technique teaches the reader the limits of their own wisdom, and also their capacity to rectify mistakes. They are forced to exercise their skills of discernment and moral reasoning. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089215692184 |