Book contents
- Biblical Philosophy
- Biblical Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Case for Retrieving Hebraic Philosophy
- Part I Philosophical Styles
- Part II Hebraic Philosophy
- 3 The Hebraic Philosophical Style
- 4 Mapping Philosophy in Narrative, Law, and Poetry
- Part III Persistence in Hellenistic Judaism
- Part IV Prototypes of Hebraic Philosophical Arguments
- Ending with a Beginning
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Hebraic Philosophical Style
from Part II - Hebraic Philosophy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- Biblical Philosophy
- Biblical Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Case for Retrieving Hebraic Philosophy
- Part I Philosophical Styles
- Part II Hebraic Philosophy
- 3 The Hebraic Philosophical Style
- 4 Mapping Philosophy in Narrative, Law, and Poetry
- Part III Persistence in Hellenistic Judaism
- Part IV Prototypes of Hebraic Philosophical Arguments
- Ending with a Beginning
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I propose that the Hebraic philosophical style consists of modes of raising philosophical problems, often in contraposition to the wisdom of Israel’s neighbors, and asking the reader to think through the doxastic commitments required by them. As with discerning a "Socratic method" in the disparate texts depicting Socrates , a particular set of dispositions and commitments is required to see this philosophical style in the Christian Scriptures. This is not a "trait list" approach, but a collection of traits that exhibit an organic unity. The Hebraic philosophical style features this cluster of attributes: pixelated, networked, ritualist, transdemographic, mysterionist, and creationist.
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- Biblical PhilosophyA Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments, pp. 81 - 115Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021