{"product_id":"wisdoms-wonder-character-creation-and-crisis-in-the-bibles-wisdom-literature-9780802867933","title":"Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature","description":"\u003ci\u003eWisdom's Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh reading of the Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature with a unique emphasis on \"wonder\" as the framework for understanding biblical wisdom. William Brown argues that \u003ci\u003ewonder\u003c\/i\u003e effectively integrates biblical wisdom's emphasis on character formation and its outlook on creation, breaking an impasse that has plagued recent wisdom studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on various disciplines, from philosophy to neuroscience, Brown discovers new distinctions and connections in Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. Each book is studied in terms of its view of moral character and creation, as well as in terms of the social or intellectual crisis each book identifies. Most general treatments of the wisdom literature spend too much time on issues of genre, poetry, and social context at the neglect of discussing the intellectual and emotional power of the wisdom corpus. Brown argues that the real power of the wisdom corpus lies in its capacity to evoke the reader's sense of wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extensive revision and expansion of Brown's \u003ci\u003eCharacter in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (Eerdmans, 1996), this book demonstrates that the wisdom books are much more than simply advice literature: with wonder as the foundation for understanding, Brown maintains that wisdom is a process with transformation of the self as the goal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, William P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William P. Brown is William Marcellus McPheeters Professorof Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. Other books of his include TheSeven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and theEcology of Wonder and Seeing the Psalms: ATheology of Metaphor.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413079298322,"sku":"9780802867933","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cec52be6-7932-41ff-9355-03a946fa5568.jpg?v=1729344756","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wisdoms-wonder-character-creation-and-crisis-in-the-bibles-wisdom-literature-9780802867933","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}