The Path Metaphor and the Construction of a Schicksalwirkende Tatsphäre in Proverbs 10:1-22:16

Klaus Koch influentially argued that in Proverbs, the world is understood as a schicksalwirkende Tatsphäre—a sphere of activity effecting one's fate. Act and consequence are intrinsically and organically bound together. Recent scholarship has cast doubt on these views. Some of Proverbs' im...

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Main Author: Millar, Suzanna 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2019, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-108
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Sprichwörter 10,1-22,16 / Fate / Effects / Metaphor / Pathway
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Path
B Pedagogy
B Proverbs 10:1-22:16
B schicksalwirkende Tatsphäre
B act-consequence connection
B Imagery
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Summary:Klaus Koch influentially argued that in Proverbs, the world is understood as a schicksalwirkende Tatsphäre—a sphere of activity effecting one's fate. Act and consequence are intrinsically and organically bound together. Recent scholarship has cast doubt on these views. Some of Proverbs' imagery, however, does seem to suggest such an act-consequence connection. The ‘path', for example, is at once moral and salvific, or immoral and destructive. I suggest that through imagery of the path, the sage constructs a metaphorical schicksalwirkende Tatsphäre. It is not intended as an explanation of causality, but as a motivational model to affect the student's behaviour.
ISSN:1568-5330
Contains:Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341346