{"product_id":"9781467440356","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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171545301232,"sku":"9781467440356","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467440356_p0.jpg?v=1769892591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467440356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}