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Informationen zum Autor Anne W. Stewart is Director of External Relations at Princeton Theological Seminary. Her essays have appeared in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, the Harvard Theological Review, the Women's Bible Commentary, and the Encyclopaedia of the Bible and its Reception. Klappentext The Book of Proverbs' frequent use of binary oppositions - righteous and wicked, wise and foolish - has led many to assume that its vision of the moral world is relatively simplistic. This study demonstrates that Proverbs in fact presents a remarkably sophisticated response to ethical questions of profound concern to the Israelite sages who crafted the book: what motivates human beings? How do they learn? How does the power of desire shape human characters? Anne W. Stewart analyzes Proverbs' multifaceted collection of images and metaphors to reveal their complex understanding of the development of the moral self, which suggests that character formation requires educating all of the senses and not simply the cognitive faculties. One of few works to make explicit connections between the poetic form of Proverbs and its pedagogical function, Poetic Ethics in Proverbs will appeal to all those interested in literary approaches to the Bible. Zusammenfassung This study explores the sophisticated understanding of the formation of the moral self that emerges in the poetry of Proverbs! which many have wrongly dismissed as simplistic. Anne W. Stewart analyzes images and metaphors to illuminate the Book's views on the role of emotions and desires in shaping moral imaginations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Poetry, pedagogy, and ethos; Part I. Character and Poetry: 2. Character ethics and the shaping of the self; 3. Form criticism and the way of poetry in Proverbs; Part II. Models of Mûs¿r: 4. The model of rebuke; 5. The model of motivation; 6. The model of desire; 7. The model of imagination; Part III. Narrative, Poetry, and Personhood: 8. Narrative, poetry, and personhood....
