Wisdom in early Confucian and Israelite traditions
Subtitle: a comparative study
By: Xinzhong Yao.
Series: Ashgate world philosophies series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Judaism -- Relations -- Confucianism.; Confucianism -- Relations -- Judaism.; Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies.; Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.; Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.; Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Philosophy, Confucian.; Jewish way of life.; Confucian ethics.
Genres: Comparative studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wisdom in a comparative perspective; title: Confucian and Israelite sources; title: Knowledge and wisdom; title: Wisdom as the way of life; title: Virtue, moral training, and wise man images; title: Family, politics and the sage-king paradigm; title: Secularity and sacredness of wisdom.