Uncanny Resemblances – Prov 9 as an Introduction to Proverbial Thinking
This article suggests that Prov 9 serves as an introduction to Prov 10:1-22:16, »dramatizing« it as competing banquets of Wisdom and Folly. Proverbial knowledge allows to discern between the invitations of the two voices. It enables the student of wisdom to navigate a life amidst ambiguities and unc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2025, Volume: 137, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-83 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Sprichwörter 9
/ Old Testament
/ Wisdom literature
/ Wisdom
/ Foolishness
/ Hermeneutics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | This article suggests that Prov 9 serves as an introduction to Prov 10:1-22:16, »dramatizing« it as competing banquets of Wisdom and Folly. Proverbial knowledge allows to discern between the invitations of the two voices. It enables the student of wisdom to navigate a life amidst ambiguities and uncanniness. Proverbial thinking teaches a phenomenological and critical hermeneutics that takes response-ability--i.e. the ability to respond--seriously. The uneducated person (פְּתִי) must learn to which call they should respond. Folly/chaos is therefore an integral part of Wisdom/order. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2025-1002 |
