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- Title
The concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible - A comparative-philosophical analysis.
- Authors
Gericke, Jacobus W.
- Abstract
This article provides a brief comparative philosophical clarification of the concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. Utilising the format of a presentation presented by Ryan (2008), four philosophical definitions of wisdom were compared with similar sentiments in ancient Israelite religion: (1) wisdom as epistemic humility, (2) wisdom as factual knowledge, (3) wisdom as useful knowledge, and (4) wisdom as successful living. Cumulatively the four criteria might approximate a functional list of individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for instantiating the property of being wise.
- Subjects
WISDOM &; religion; OLD Testament; PHILOSOPHICAL analysis; JEWS; SOCIAL sciences; CHRISTIANITY
- Publication
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2011, Vol 32, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1609-9982
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/ve.v32i1.513