Friendship And Virtue Ethics In The Book Of Job

Download or read book Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job written by Patricia Vesely and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines friendship as a moral category in the Book of Job through an Aristotelian virtue ethics perspective.

Download or read book The Book of Job in Wonderland written by Ryan M Armstrong and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Job in Wonderland explores the theme of mediation in the biblical book of Job with a unique approach that examines the Hebrew language, the history of its interpretation, and a comparative literary analysis of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Both of these classics relentlessly subvert genre expectations in order to protest didactic religious instruction. In addition to biblical studies, this book makes contributions to lexicography, hermeneutics, medieval Jewish thought, early and modern Christianity, literary theory, and Victorian literature.

Download or read book Aristotle and the Virtues written by Howard J. Curzer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard J. Curzer presents a fresh new reading of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which brings each of the virtues alive. He argues that justice and friendship are symbiotic in Aristotle's view; reveals how virtue ethics is not only about being good, but about becoming good; and describes Aristotle's ultimate quest to determine happiness.

Download or read book Review of Biblical Literature, 2020 written by Alicia J. Batten and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual Review of Biblical Literature presents a selection of reviews of the most recent books in biblical studies and related fields, including topical monographs, multi-author volumes, reference works, commentaries, and dictionaries. RBL reviews German, French, Italian, and English books and offers reviews in those languages. Features: Reviews of new books written by top scholars Topical divisions make research easy Indexes of authors and editors, reviewers, and publishers

Download or read book The Book of Proverbs and Virtue Ethics written by Arthur Jan Keefer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new interpretation of the book of Proverbs from the standpoint of virtue ethics.

Download or read book Rediscovering Political Friendship written by Paul W. Ludwig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applies Aristotle's argument - that citizenship is like friendship - to the liberal and democratic societies of the present day.

Download or read book Retribution or Reality? written by Michael S. Moore and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Job is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, literary accomplishments of the ancient world, yet in many ways it is just as relevant today as it was then. This book examines Job from a comparative theological perspective in order to help contemporary readers access it, learn from it, and apply its insights to contemporary life.