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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":"2024-12-02T17:55:23Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-02T17:55:24Z","has_model_ssim":["Etd"],"id":"b8b06a9a-fd53-4062-93bd-7d331a911594","accessControl_ssim":["f060a932-6394-4298-af58-3bf959b145a9"],"depositor_ssim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"depositor_tesim":["library@covenantseminary.edu"],"title_tesim":["Idol notions : exploring the impact of the second commandment on the Exodus community"],"date_uploaded_dtsi":"2024-12-02T17:55:22Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2024-12-02T17:55:22Z","isPartOf_ssim":["admin_set/default"],"hasEmbargo_ssim":["67fa8db4-ef3d-4906-9418-49863b671d6f"],"hasLease_ssim":["17e002a3-7d28-4de2-a2d3-951ae26f498e"],"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":["2023"],"resource_type_tesim":["Thesis"],"types_tesim":["Text"],"creator_tesim":["Ochoa, Anna L."],"subject_tesim":["Idols and images--Worship--Biblical teaching","Idolatry","History","Criticism, interpretation, etc","Middle East","Bible. 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It will argue that the idol ban of the second commandment was necessarily delivered at Israel’s founding, being rooted in God’s immutable character and making explicit reference to the Creator-creation distinction in Genesis, a cosmology distinctly rebutting that of ancient polytheism. Further, a comparative method will be used to study the idol consecration rituals of the ancient Near East, revealing that idolatry was much more insidious than merely “bow[ing] to a block of wood” (Isa 44:19). As a gateway device to a deadly philosophy, idols were fundamentally and terminally opposed to the truth of God. 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