Research Catalog

Title

Wisdom in classical and biblical tradition / Michael C. Legaspi.

Author

Legaspi, Michael C.

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Details

Description

xi, 314 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Wisdom in Classical and Biblical Tradition begins with the recognition that modern culture emerged from a synthesis of the legacies of ancient Greek civilization and the theological perspectives of Jewish and Christian scriptures. Part of what made this synthesis possible was a shared outlook: a common aspiration toward wholeness of understanding that refused to separate knowledge from goodness, virtue from happiness, cosmos from polis, and divine authority from human responsibility. This wholeness of understanding, or wisdom, features prominently in both classical and biblical literatures as an ultimate good. Wisdom in Classical and Biblical Tradition has two central aims. The first is to explain in formal terms what wisdom is. Though wisdom involves matters of practical judgment affecting the life of the individual and the social sphere, it has also been identified with an understanding of the world and of the ultimate realities that give meaning to human thought and action. Michael Legaspi explains how, in its traditional form, wisdom was understood to govern intellectual, social, and ethical endeavors. Legaspi's second aim is to analyze figures and texts that have yielded and shaped the traditional understanding of wisdom. This book examines accounts of wisdom from foundational texts that range from the period of Homer to the destruction of the Second Temple, and explains why the search for wisdom remains an important but problematic endeavor today"--

Subject

• Wisdom
• Wisdom in literature
• Greek literature, Hellenistic > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Wisdom > Biblical teaching
• Greek literature, Hellenistic
• Wisdom literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Homer and the wisdom of the hero -- Wisdom and knowledge in the Hebrew Bible -- Job the true sage -- Piety and wisdom in Socrates -- A nation of philosophers -- The school of Solomon -- An end to wisdom.

Call Number

JFE 18-9418

ISBN

• 9780190885120
• 0190885122

LCCN

2018001912

OCLC

1028617843

Author

Legaspi, Michael C., author.

Title

Wisdom in classical and biblical tradition / Michael C. Legaspi.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Legaspi, Michael C., author. Wisdom in classical and biblical tradition New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190885137 (DLC) 2018039042

Research Call Number

JFE 18-9418