Engaging Hebrew Wisdom From a ‘Whole of Life’ Samoan Indigenous Perspective: A Reading of Proverbs 27:19
The aim of this essay is primarily to show how the indigenous wisdom of Samoa, as part of the wider tradition of Pasifika indigenous wisdom, provides a valuable and transformative conceptual framework for understanding Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. For the purposes of this essay, my key text is Prover...
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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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The Journal of contemporary Pasifika theologies
Year: 2025, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Samoan wisdom B 'whole of life' B biblical Wisdom B Proverbs |
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| Summary: | The aim of this essay is primarily to show how the indigenous wisdom of Samoa, as part of the wider tradition of Pasifika indigenous wisdom, provides a valuable and transformative conceptual framework for understanding Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. For the purposes of this essay, my key text is Proverbs 27:19, a proverb whose text appears to be deliberately ambiguous in form and content, which thus presents an interpretative conundrum for its readers. I argue that this interpretative problem can be resolved in a positive and life affirming manner when the proverb is approached by means of the ‘whole of life’ framework of Samoan indigenous wisdom. In conclusion, I suggest that this ‘whole of life’ framework, offers a viable and critical approach not only to reading biblical Wisdom texts but also texts of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. |
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| ISSN: | 3105-3742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Journal of contemporary Pasifika theologies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.82025/cpt.v1i1.478 |
