Called into Character: Aesthetic and Ascetic Aspects of Biblical Ethics

This essay examines two different ways that scholars influenced by virtue ethics have seen the relationship between the reader of the biblical text and the characters in that text. After looking at how these approaches are grounded in the biblical text itself, I argue that both play an important rol...

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Main Author: Nasuti, Harry Peter 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America [2018]
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 80, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel / Ethik / Biblische Person / Leser / Einfühlung / Identifikation
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B moral exemplar
B Ethics in the Bible
B Imitation
B Empathy
B Identification
B biblical ethics
B character(s)
B Scholars
B Virtue Ethics
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Summary:This essay examines two different ways that scholars influenced by virtue ethics have seen the relationship between the reader of the biblical text and the characters in that text. After looking at how these approaches are grounded in the biblical text itself, I argue that both play an important role in the reader's character formation and moral development.
ISSN:2163-2529
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0000