The role of "wisdom" in the interpretation of scripture

Sheppard Gerald T.: The role of "wisdom" in the interpretation of scripture. In: Papers in English and American studies : Tomus IV. - Literary theory and biblical hermeneutics : proceedings of the International Conference: "Reading Scripture - Literary Criticism and Biblical Hermeneutics", Pannonhalma, 4-6 July, 1991, (4). pp. 187-201. (1992)

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The aim of the essay is both to describe the presentation of „wisdom" in association with Solomon in the Old Testament and to draw out some hermeneutical implication for conemporary biblical interpretation. Wisdom proves to be an idiom within scripture, similar to Torah in association with Moses and prophecy linked to various named persons and biblical books. While wisdom is not „secular", God and prayer belong to it as essential topics, it does appear to bracket out of its vocabulary other key elements necessary for Jewish Torah and prophecy, including the themes of election, the giving of the law, and Israel's salvation history. In its owns unique manner, it seeks a conversation with the world and is even willing to let the world test its, alleged wisdom. For contemporary hermeneutics, such a biblical presentation of wisdom demands an openess to wisdom wherever it may be found in the world and a vulnerability to critique by others in the world regardless of religious beliefs. It, also, points to the necessary capacity of a biblical interpreter and refine the questions he or she asks of the two, and, therefore, affects the possible reception of the Word of God as found elsewhere in Scripture. So, for example, the hearing of the Torah and its semantic import for contemporary issues is partly determined by the sapiential capacity of the interpreter to ask wise rather than foolish question of the scriptural witness to the.Torah and the Gospel. What constitutes a „wise" question is partly determined by a robust and self-critical extra-biblical conversation with the world about wisdom.

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Befoglaló folyóirat/kiadvány címe: Papers in English and American studies : Tomus IV. - Literary theory and biblical hermeneutics : proceedings of the International Conference: "Reading Scripture - Literary Criticism and Biblical Hermeneutics", Pannonhalma, 4-6 July, 1991
Dátum: 1992
Kötet: 4
ISSN: 0230-2780
Oldalak: pp. 187-201
Sorozat neve: Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies
Nyelv: angol
Befoglaló mű URL: https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/68570/
Kulcsszavak: Hermeneutika - bibliai, Bibliamagyarázat
Megjegyzések: Bibliogr. a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Szakterület: 06. Bölcsészettudományok
06. Bölcsészettudományok > 06.03. Filozófia, etika és vallástudományok
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Utolsó módosítás: 2025. jan. 24. 10:38
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/68662
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