The goal of this book is to suggest that Jesus as a creative artist
was heavily influenced by the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Proverbs. It
posits that he created some of his short parables from specific verses
found in Proverbs, suggests that he expanded some basic sapient themes
present in this book when composing his parables, and shows him
reacting negatively to the commonly held belief that this Book’s
overall concept of wisdom is that the wise are rewarded and the fools
are punished by God through their own self-destructive choices and
subsequent actions. Thus this text points to Jesus as an inventive
artist, a concept not usually associated with him, and it complicates
simplistic ways of defining biblical wisdom. Part I demonstrates how
Jesus might have created his tales from specific proverbs found in the
Book of Proverbs. The overarching theme for these parables is wisdom:
Jesus as wisdom (I Cor. 1:24) speaking wisdom in new ways. Part II
discusses Jesus as a self-actualized artist who creatively designed
these tales. It examines what shaped Jesus’ artistry, what might
have been the sources of his literacy, why he might have chosen to
expand individual proverbs imaginatively in order to create his moral
tales, and how his wisdom enhanced conventional attitudes toward
wisdom as the former included and clarified his new "kingdom of God"
concepts. This book could be used in courses treating Literature and
the Bible, Biblical Art, The Humanity of Jesus, and Wisdom Literature
Common to Christians and Jews.
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ISBN
9781433162916
Publisert
2021
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1. utgave
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Vendor
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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