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Interviews were conducted with Student Development professionals from a variety of offices within the Student Development division of that institution. The interviews were analyzed and compared in order to identify worldview categories and themes.\r\n\r\nThe introduction and literature review focused on four key areas regarding the impact of postmodernism on the engagement of Christian College Student Development personnel with the hearts, minds, and practices of their Gen Z students: the roots and impact of modernism and postmodernism on contemporary American higher education (in the introduction); the good, true, and beautiful life according to the proverbs of Solomon; the good, true, and beautiful life according to the modern social imaginary; and the good, true, and beautiful life according to the postmodern social imaginary.\r\n\r\nThe resulting analysis revealed these primary findings. First, CCSDP answered questions about living truthfully, flourishing, and doing good in the world in ways most aligned with the wisdom of Proverbs. Second, there was also significant alignment in their answers with modern and postmodern social imaginaries. This study identified which concepts in Proverbs and which concepts in the modern and postmodern social imaginaries the CCSDP were describing in their answers, as well as potential cultural reasons for those descriptions."],"rights_statement_tesim":["https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"related_url_tesim":["https://www.covenantlibrary.org/etd/2024/Haase_Kathleen_DMin_2024.pdf"],"thumbnail_path_ss":"/assets/work-a3b75da7abded620ab321410c80d102e5e2417b71c54de7ba7d4b0363da904f7.png","suppressed_bsi":false,"actionable_workflow_roles_ssim":["admin_set/default-default-approving","admin_set/default-default-depositing","admin_set/default-default-managing"],"workflow_state_name_ssim":["deposited"],"visibility_ssi":"open","admin_set_tesim":["Default Admin Set"],"account_cname_tesim":["rim.ir.atla.com"],"human_readable_type_tesim":["Etd"],"read_access_group_ssim":["public","work_editor"],"edit_access_group_ssim":["admin"],"edit_access_person_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"_version_":1848719058728386560,"timestamp":"2025-11-13T23:18:04.560Z","score":1.0},{"system_create_dtsi":"2025-04-17T21:08:47Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2025-04-17T21:08:50Z","has_model_ssim":["Etd"],"id":"e80d01ec-a765-4128-8c1e-9a27bffc81ba","accessControl_ssim":["9b9c19e7-bccc-4c22-868f-56ca6de2fcc4"],"depositor_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"depositor_tesim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"title_tesim":["Blessedness in the context of all the people of God : cohesiveness between biblical wisdom literature and the Matthean Sermon on the Mount"],"date_uploaded_dtsi":"2025-04-17T21:08:46Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2025-04-17T21:08:46Z","isPartOf_ssim":["admin_set/default"],"hasEmbargo_ssim":["a2039767-c1e7-4966-936b-2701d4edb09a"],"hasLease_ssim":["e97e146a-803e-444f-aa16-e23aa8138387"],"show_pdf_viewer_tesim":["1"],"show_pdf_download_button_tesim":["1"],"institution_tesim":["Atla RIM"],"degree_tesim":["Master of Arts in Biblical \u0026 Theological Studies"],"degree_granting_institution_tesim":["Covenant Theological Seminary"],"year_tesim":["2024"],"resource_type_tesim":["Thesis"],"types_tesim":["Text"],"creator_tesim":["Gooch, Cynthia B."],"keyword_tesim":["Relation to the Old Testament"],"subject_tesim":["Bible. 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A biblical theological approach will be used to analyze and synthesize scriptural teaching about the rewards of wise living as it benefits the community of the people of God as seen by the results of living wisely in the use of the words אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי, and μακάριος."],"rights_statement_tesim":["https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"related_url_tesim":["https://www.covenantlibrary.org/etd/2024/Gooch_Cynthia_MABTS_2024.pdf"],"thumbnail_path_ss":"/assets/work-a3b75da7abded620ab321410c80d102e5e2417b71c54de7ba7d4b0363da904f7.png","suppressed_bsi":false,"actionable_workflow_roles_ssim":["admin_set/default-default-approving","admin_set/default-default-depositing","admin_set/default-default-managing"],"workflow_state_name_ssim":["deposited"],"visibility_ssi":"open","admin_set_tesim":["Default Admin Set"],"account_cname_tesim":["rim.ir.atla.com"],"human_readable_type_tesim":["Etd"],"read_access_group_ssim":["public","work_editor"],"edit_access_group_ssim":["admin"],"edit_access_person_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"_version_":1829685565783539712,"timestamp":"2025-04-17T21:08:51.186Z","score":1.0},{"system_create_dtsi":"2024-12-06T22:59:43Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-06T22:59:44Z","has_model_ssim":["Etd"],"id":"bcbdf912-1088-4dfa-b8ce-94a833e87c74","accessControl_ssim":["d2f28876-968d-4902-a634-91e8bce7a562"],"depositor_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"depositor_tesim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"title_tesim":["Paul's caricature of elders : Titus 1.5-9 as a rhetorical depiction of the ideal wise person"],"date_uploaded_dtsi":"2024-12-06T22:59:42Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-06T22:59:42Z","isPartOf_ssim":["admin_set/default"],"hasEmbargo_ssim":["efc17ea5-8cea-4865-9442-5352ec31fa89"],"hasLease_ssim":["52bb2388-dc95-47a8-8a46-dc6c3516fde0"],"show_pdf_viewer_tesim":["1"],"show_pdf_download_button_tesim":["1"],"institution_tesim":["Atla RIM"],"degree_tesim":["Master of Arts in Exegetical Theology"],"degree_granting_institution_tesim":["Covenant Theological Seminary"],"year_tesim":["2023"],"resource_type_tesim":["Thesis"],"types_tesim":["Text"],"creator_tesim":["Soyars, Nick"],"subject_tesim":["Bible. 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Proverbs, addressed to the wise (1.5), uses rhetorical devices that Titus 1.5-9 shares (e.g., caricatures, concreteness) to shape Israelite hearts to aspire toward its ethical ideals. This rhetorical method requires adherents to practice the principle of mutatis mutandis in their own actual responses. By establishing the canonical context for Proverbs, it becomes clear that the God of Titus is the same God who operates in the same ways.\r\n\r\n        To see Titus 1.5-9’s shared aspects with Proverbs, I detail how 2TJ Wisdom Literature made the worldview of the Jewish scriptures palatable to Hellenized Jews. The ethical ideals shared by Jews and Hellenists were lauded as pursuable only in fellowship with Yahweh, who is the source of wise, moral living. 2TJ co-opted Greek terms, often with nuanced meaning, and rhetorical devices, namely, lists and rhetorically ideal figures like what we find in Titus 1.5-9.\r\n\r\n        When Titus 1.5-9 is read in light of all this, the most likely interpretation is that it is a description of a rhetorically morally ideal person, expecting adherents to practice its implementation mutatis mutandis.\r\n"],"rights_statement_tesim":["https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"related_url_tesim":["https://www.covenantlibrary.org/etd/2023/Soyars_Nick_MAET_2023.pdf"],"thumbnail_path_ss":"/assets/work-a3b75da7abded620ab321410c80d102e5e2417b71c54de7ba7d4b0363da904f7.png","suppressed_bsi":false,"actionable_workflow_roles_ssim":["admin_set/default-default-approving","admin_set/default-default-depositing","admin_set/default-default-managing"],"workflow_state_name_ssim":["deposited"],"visibility_ssi":"open","admin_set_tesim":["Default Admin Set"],"account_cname_tesim":["rim.ir.atla.com"],"human_readable_type_tesim":["Etd"],"read_access_group_ssim":["public","work_editor"],"edit_access_group_ssim":["admin"],"edit_access_person_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"_version_":1817733744177446912,"timestamp":"2024-12-06T22:59:45.887Z","score":1.0},{"system_create_dtsi":"2024-12-04T02:20:21Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-04T02:20:22Z","has_model_ssim":["Etd"],"id":"a4e0ec76-b2a4-4a68-a8d8-e7f304291874","accessControl_ssim":["75f67550-93f6-4511-b335-c295a64b0554"],"depositor_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"depositor_tesim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"title_tesim":["Reading poetry as learning : the pedagogical impact of the readerly interpretive process in Proverbs 31:1-9"],"date_uploaded_dtsi":"2024-12-04T02:20:20Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-04T02:20:20Z","isPartOf_ssim":["admin_set/default"],"hasEmbargo_ssim":["01958a40-0c42-4998-b9d0-33d24176219d"],"hasLease_ssim":["958e8d07-0151-41ac-9ab2-d5abd844c57e"],"show_pdf_viewer_tesim":["1"],"show_pdf_download_button_tesim":["1"],"institution_tesim":["Atla RIM"],"degree_tesim":["Master of Arts in Exegetical Theology"],"degree_granting_institution_tesim":["Covenant Theological Seminary"],"year_tesim":["2022"],"resource_type_tesim":["Thesis"],"types_tesim":["Text"],"creator_tesim":["Tatko, Victoria K."],"subject_tesim":["Bible. 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Qualitative measurements were graphed and discussed.\r\n\r\nThe readerly process of 31:1-9 was found to be undulating and complex, and its pedagogy richly multi-faceted. The inferred pedagogy for canonical readers certainly includes what mainstream scholarship discerns: leaders must reject indulgent living and advocate for the poor. Yet considering the interpretive process uncovered more: a poetic pedagogy designed to shape the whole person toward right living within God’s covenant. The text’s interpretive challenges were seen to propel readers deep into the unit’s text, Proverbs, and the canon, leading to key framing contexts, e.g., 1 Samuel 1-4, Psalm 2, and Proverbs 9. Relevance theory suggests the text’s persistent ambiguity reflects second-order communication (showing versus telling) designed to engage the imagination of God’s people, calling them to remember, trust in His coming deliverance, and reflect His character in consecrated living. The interpretive process developed discernment, uncovering calls of hope and warning. 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