Wisdom is a woman: the canonical metaphor of Lady Wisdom of Proverbs 1-9 understood in light of theological aesthetics
Introduction: a survey of difficulties in the treatment of the metaphor of Lady Wisdom -- Methodological challenges: inconsistency in the definition of metaphor and the implications of hemispheric imbalance -- Hemispheric balance and methodological stability: theological aesthetics and conceptual me...
| Subtitles: | Canonical metaphor of Lady Wisdom of Proverbs 1-9 Lady Wisdom of Proverbs 1-9 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Wisdom
/ Woman
/ Aesthetics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
Biblical teaching
B Wisdom (Biblical personification) B Academic theses B Women ; Biblical teaching B Wisdom Biblical teaching B Thesis B Wisdom ; Biblical teaching B Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity B Aesthetics ; Religious aspects ; Christianity |
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| Summary: | Introduction: a survey of difficulties in the treatment of the metaphor of Lady Wisdom -- Methodological challenges: inconsistency in the definition of metaphor and the implications of hemispheric imbalance -- Hemispheric balance and methodological stability: theological aesthetics and conceptual metaphor theory -- The diversity and paradox of Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 1-2 and the diversity and paradox of the triune God -- Women and the divine: the blending of canonical metaphors around the axes of desire, fidelity, and covenant -- Wise or strange?: the faithful, incomparable and insufficient beauty of Lady Wisdom -- Faithful desire: following woman home to God. The ultimate aim of this dissertation is to discover what metaphorical entailments of women and womanhood are mapped onto wisdom as an abstract entity and then to discern how this personification is intended to inform wisdom. After a summary explanation of shortcomings in traditional definitions and models, stable definition and methodology are provided via recent developments in Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Blending, and the Theological Aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. After the methodological prologemena, exegesis is divided into Balthasar's two stages of aesthetic perception: one which focus upon perception of the form of the MT and the other which intends to dwell upon the inward beauty, the lumen of that thing as it relates to the reality of beauty in the incarnation. As such, Wisdom as Woman is understood as that desirable paradox beckoning to relational fidelity that reaches its ultimate fulfillment only in the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ. The presentation for Lady Wisdom in Prov 1-4 aims at generating an understanding of and desire for parental and covenantal wisdom via paradox linking the vaunted depiction of divine and covenantal Lady Wisdom in the Prophets with the familiar, personal and protective characterizations of the young man⁰́₉s faithful wife. In Prov 5-6 the Strange Woman provides a foil for the 'wife of your youth' that illustrates the disparity of outcomes for the youth based upon a blend of metaphors for marital and covenant fidelity that reasonate with the prophetic metaphor of marriage is covenant/idolatry is adultery. In Prov 7-9 the characterization, invitation, and destination associated with Lady Wisdom and the Strange Woman echoes the foil in Prov 5-6 and demonstrates that fidelity to divine covenant and human relationship is the ultimate criterion for discerning wisdom. Womanhood is used as a source/input category for Lady Wisdom to highlight the key domains of relational, marital and covenant fidelity, while allowing for the fusion of desire, obedience and blessing. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the apex of divine revelation and the point to which all creation and history lean |
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| Item Description: | Advisor: Willem A. VanGemeren Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1532682700 |