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Wisdom And God:a Study Of Proverbs

Posted on:2019-02-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y C JiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330545481753Subject:Religious Studies
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The book of proverbs is seen as a pagan text,and the idea of Proverbs as an outline of the moral code of the Israelite people,though very traditional,is too superficial.Proverbs in the concept of the“common”and “holy”are mixed together,which are mainly showed in the form of text structure.in the process of the text analyzing,the significance of the work of the maxims is conveyed.The author of the introduction to the book of proverbs is Solomon's claim which is just to illustrate the authoritativeness and sanctity of a work.It is the result of the collection of Israeli works by the literary group,and the book is full of complex contents,which cannot be denied the “Egyptian connection”of the wisdom of proverbs.Wisdom in proverbs is the search for order.The wise focus on discovering order in the field of experience and nature.Who is the wise?In the Proverbs,Sayings of the Wise is a clear title at 24:23.The use of the term“the Wise”indirectly indicates that they constitute a professional class.But proverbs provides little information about the wise,and we can only judge that they are connected to the royal family and to teaching.The implication of all is that the origin of intellectual thought should be sought in families and tribes.A wise woman is an expression of wisdom,and a wise woman is a personification of the world order.The world order is a center of wisdom.The wise woman is a world principle,the way god communicates with mankind,is a call to life.The call of the wise woman in proverbs 8 is the voice of the Lord,and she is the revelation of god.Wisdom is connected with god and it is the overflow of the grace of god.The image of god in proverbs is the creator and creator of the cosmic order.Wise men think,“god” is created in the real world and “create order” god is good,so people should show all virtue in secular life for god's response under “create order”,achieving harmony and harmonious way of life.In proverbs,the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,that is,the first principle of “wisdom”is to truly fear god.The guidance of divine wisdom to person and society is the concrete embodiment of the work of creation god,,proverbs is the main content of ethics,practical wisdom involves the practical moral principles and knowledge of human existence.In proverbs,secularism and empirical fountain cannot leave the divine wisdom,the wisdom of the sacred and secular mutual penetration,rather than split each other,this is precisely what the Hebrew wisdom from the surrounding other ethnic characteristics ofwisdom.The wisdom tradition in proverbs is derived from the creation of theology,not the theology of redemption in Israel.
Keywords/Search Tags:Wisdom, God, Fear, Create
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