Redescribing Moral Agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot: A Triadic Comparison

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Dr. World Kim (Rosebrook Presbyterian Church, USA)

Redescribing Moral Agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot

A Triadic Comparison

Dr. World Kim (Rosebrook Presbyterian Church, USA)

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English

T.& T.Clark Ltd
15 May 2025

Judaism: sacred texts; Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts

Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies

This book presents the first comprehensive comparison of how moral agency is constructed in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot. World Kim argues that recent scholastic studies have overemphasized differences amongst various Second Temple texts and neglected the similarities between them. By employing four stages of comparison—description, juxtaposition, re-description, and rectification— Kim re-describes moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot, and aims to rectify the relationship between these texts.

Kim demonstrates that moral agency cannot be described by categories such as affirmation or denial, and argues that such agency should instead be described in terms of degrees and shaped by various factors such as knowledge and desire, that will either decrease or increase moral agency. Through an extensive comparison of these texts, Kim concludes that the degree to which one internalizes and actualizes the teachings of their religious text increases one’s capacity for moral agency, and that this agency must be conceived as dynamic rather than static.

By: Dr. World Kim (Rosebrook Presbyterian Church USA)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780567719591
ISBN 10: 0567719596
Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

World Kim is Director of Family Ministry and Discipleship at Rosebrook Presbyterian Church, USA.