In Praise of Wisdom

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-1854-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

"You are taken to task more for your lack of wisdom than you are praised for your harmful mildness" - King Lear

Paffenroth's book examines several major aspects and developments of the Biblical concept of Wisdom. He focuses on Wisdom as it evolves through the works of Shakespeare, Goethe, Melville, and Dostoevsky.

The getting of Wisdom - the ultimate expression of joining of head and heart in search of God - is a key theme not only in biblical wisdom literature but one of the major themes in Western literature. Lear, Ahab, Ismeal, Ivan Karamzov - all are in search of that meaningful combination of head and heart that brings a real knowledge of the world and of God to them. Wisdom is therefore the basis of a relationship with God, and the foundation of human happiness, freedom and fulfillment.

Paffenroth examines wisdom under four broad categories: the destructiveness of folly; the feminine side of Wisdom; the folly of Christ as Wisdom; and the problem of suffering, especially as it highlights the inadequacy of reason.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paffenroth, Kim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.