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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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