TY - BOOK ID - 85644795 TI - The book of Proverbs and virtue ethics : integrating the biblical and philosophical traditions PY - 2021 SN - 1108881076 110888511X 1108839770 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Virtue. KW - Ethics. KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Conduct of life KW - Ethics KW - Human acts KW - Aristotle. KW - Thomas, KW - Akʻvineli, Tʻoma, KW - Akvinietis, Tomas, KW - Akvinskiĭ, Foma, KW - Aquinas, KW - Aquinas, Thomas, KW - Foma, KW - Thomas Aquinas, KW - Tʻoma, KW - Toma, KW - Tomas, KW - Tomasu, KW - Tomasu, Akwinasu, KW - Tomasz, KW - Tommaso, KW - Tʻovma, KW - Тома, Аквінський, KW - תומאס, KW - תומס, KW - اكويني ، توما KW - Bible. KW - Liber proverbiorum (Book of the Bible) KW - Mishle (Book of the Old Testament) KW - Mishle Shelomoh KW - Paroimiai Solomōntos KW - Proverbes de Salemon KW - Proverbia Salomonis KW - Proverbios (Book of the Old Testament) KW - Proverbs (Book of the Old Testament) KW - Przypowieści Salomonowe KW - Salomons Ordspråk KW - Salomos Wijsheet KW - Sprüche Salomos KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Thomas, Aquinas, KW - Ākvīnās, Tūmās, KW - اكويني، توما, KW - آکويناس، توماس, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85644795 AB - In this book, Arthur Keefer offers a new interpretation of the book of Proverbs from the standpoint of virtue ethics. Using an innovative method that bridges philosophy and biblical studies, he argues that much of the instruction within Proverbs meets the criteria for moral and theological virtue as set out in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Keefer presents the moral thought of Proverbs in its social, historical, and theological contexts. He shows how these contexts shed light on the conceptualization of virtue, the virtues that are promoted and omitted, and the characteristics that make Proverbs a distinctive moral tradition. In giving undivided attention to biblical virtue, this volume opens the way for new avenues of study in biblical ethics, including law, narrative, and other aspects of biblical instruction and wisdom. ER -