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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Главный автор: Uili, Afereti (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2025
В: The Journal of contemporary Pasifika theologies
Год: 2025, Том: 1, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 1-20
Другие ключевые слова:B Samoan wisdom
B 'whole of life'
B biblical Wisdom
B Proverbs
B Перенесение (католическая церковь)
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Итог: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.
ISSN:3105-3742
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: The Journal of contemporary Pasifika theologies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.82025/cpt.v1i1.478