A Comparison of Wisdom of Solomon with the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Common Sapiential Hermeneutical Layer Encouraging and Exhorting Toward Moral Maturation
Abstract
This thesis will analyze the potential layer of influence and hermeneutical
ramifications of Wisdom upon Hebrews, including comparisons in compositional, form
and thematic similarities (chapter I), followed by a discussion on their proposed
similarity in purpose as paideutic texts (chapter 2), and illustrated with a comparative
textual analysis demonstrating parallel concepts and forms (chapter 3). The final
conclusions will address how this layer of understanding stands in distinction to
traditional interpretations of Hebrews and the proposed benefits of such a reading.
Description
Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) Thesis
Keywords
Paideutic texts, Hebrews, Epistle to the, Wisdom of Solomon, Hermeneutics, Morals