Moral Vision of Proverbs

Timothy J. Sandoval (PhD, Emory University) is professor of religion at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. His teaching and scholarly work has focused on the book of Proverbs and the Bible's wisdom literature with special attention to questions of ethics, justice, and poverty in the biblical world. He is the author of Money and the Way of Wisdom and The Discourse of Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs as well as numerous articles. He has also coedited five other books.

• IntroductionPart 1: The Case for Proverbs as Virtue-Oriented Moral Discourse1. The Undervaluing of Proverbs' Moral Worth: The Role of Biblical Studies and Modern Ethics2. The Prologue as Hermeneutical Key: Categories of Virtues and Figurative Language3. The Anthropology of Proverbs: The Nature and Happiness of Human Beings4. Proverbs' Way of Life: The Priority of Moral Agents over Right Acts5. The Training of Desire for a Life of Flourishing in Proverbs6. Desire, Knowledge, and Goodness: Beyond Wise and Just, Foolish and Wicked7. The Centrality of Social Virtues for Flourishing8. Practical Wisdom in Proverbs9. The Efficacy and Limitations of Practical Wisdom in ProverbsPart 2: The Implications of Proverbs as Virtue-Oriented Moral Discourse10. Proverbs' Virtue Ethics beyond Proverbs? The Shared Moral Discourse of Proverbs and Amos11. A Virtue-Ethics Approach to Cosmogony in Proverbs (Part 1): Reconsidering the Interpretive History of Natural Law, the Orders of Creation, and Empiricism in Proverbs12. A Virtue-Ethics Approach to Cosmogony in Proverbs (Part 2): Reading Proverbs 8:22-31 as a Test Case13. Wisdom as Practice (Part 1): Overview of Biblical Concepts and MacIntyrian Terms14. Wisdom as Practice (Part 2): How MacIntyrian Practice Informs an Understanding of Proverbs' Virtue EthicsConclusion: Worthy Wisdom, Who Can Find?Indexes

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