The Book of Proverbs and Virtue Ethics

Integrating the Biblical and Philosophical Traditions

The Book of Proverbs and Virtue Ethics
Arthur Jan Keefer
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31 Oct 2020 UK
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9781108839778
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In this book, Arthur Keefer offers a new interpretation of the book of Proverbs from the standpoint of virtue ethics. Using an innovative method that bridges philosophy and biblical studies, he argues that much of the instruction within Proverbs meets the criteria for moral and theological virtue as set out in Aristotle' s Nicomachean Ethics and the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Keefer presents the moral thought of Proverbs in its social, historical, and theological contexts. He shows how these contexts shed light on the conceptualization of virtue, the virtues that are promoted and omitted, and the characteristics that make Proverbs a distinctive moral tradition. In giving undivided attention to biblical virtue, this volume opens the way for new avenues of study in biblical ethics, including law, narrative, and other aspects of biblical instruction and wisdom.
Arthur Keefer is a schoolmaster and chaplain at Eton College, where he teaches theology and biblical Hebrew. He is also the author of Proverbs 1-9 as an Introduction to the Book of Proverbs (LHBOTS 2020), along with numerous journal articles, and is a co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Biblical Wisdom Literature.
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ISBN-13: 9781108839778
Published: 31 Oct 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pages: 325

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