Redescribing moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot : a triadic comparison / World Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, World, author.

Series:

Library of Second Temple studies ; 102.

The library of Second Temple studies ; 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish religious literature--History and criticism.

Jewish religious literature.

4QInstruction--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

4QInstruction.

Bible. Ecclesiasticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Thanksgiving Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Thanksgiving Psalms.

Jewish ethics--History--Sources.

Jewish ethics.

Physical Description:

xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2025.

Summary:

"World Kim argues that recent scholastic studies have overemphasized differences amongst various Second Temple texts and neglected the similarities between them. By employing four stages of comparison--description, juxtaposition, redescription, and rectification--Kim redescribes moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot, and aims to rectify the relationship between these texts. Kim demonstrates that moral agency cannot be described by categories such as affirmation or denial, and argues that such agency should instead be described in terms of degrees and shaped by various factors such as knowledge and desire, that will either decrease or increase moral agency. Through an extensive comparison of these texts, Kim concludes that the degree to which one internalizes and actualizes the teachings of their religious text increases one's capacity for moral agency, and that this agency must be conceived as dynamic rather than static." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

"World Kim argues that recent scholastic studies have overemphasized differences amongst various Second Temple texts and neglected the similarities between them. By employing four stages of comparison--description, juxtaposition, redescription, and rectification-- Kim redescribes moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot, and aims to rectify the relationship between these texts."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Describing moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot

Religious knowledge in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot

Desire in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot

Moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot

Conclusion.

Notes:

"...slightly revised version of my PhD dissertation, submitted to the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of American in the Spring of 2024." -- See, "Acknowledgments", page [ix].

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-170) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567719591

0567719596

OCLC:

1458613477

Publisher Number:

CIPO000223638