Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 91 No. 2, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.91.2.3
Your Immortal Spirit is in All Things (Wis 12:1). The Biblical Ecological -Theological Wisdom in Sir 16:26 - 17:14 and Wis 11:24 - 12:1
Đurica Pardon
orcid.org/0000-0002-6400-3740
; Parish of St. Ladislaus the King, Punitovci, Croatia
Abstract
The article elaborates on basic traits of Biblical wisdom. In the Bible, wisdom has been presented as a set of rules aimed at right and just relations within the community of God's creatures. The Biblical wisdom is an attitude in dialogue with the created world that manifests itself through a series of warnings and insights that lead towards a better and, in the long -term, sustainable life in harmony with the natural environment. This study of selected texts of wisdom literature (Sir 16:26 - 17:14 and Wis 11:24 - 12:1) reveals that the Biblical wisdom is at the same time theological, anthropological, and ecological wisdom; it leads one towards knowledge of God and the world as the place of God's manifestation and towards knowledge of human being's tasks in the world. As a Divine creature among other creatures, the human being is responsible for maintaining order and harmony in his/her relation with God and other creatures. The article reaches the conclusion that wisdom does not presuppose a cognitive understanding of rules of religious loyalty and responsibility towards God, but demands also a religious commitment to maintaining harmonious relations with other creatures. Literature of the Biblical wisdom presupposes that a wise human life manifests itself in practical works of harmony with the environment in which human being lives.
Keywords
Book of Wisdom; Book of Sirach; Biblical wisdom, ecological theology; ecological hermeneutics.
Hrčak ID:
266287
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Publication date:
29.7.2021.
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