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Narratives of Adversity and Wisdom in Ancient Ethical and Spiritual Texts

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  1. Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man (New York: Penguin, 1996), p. 75.

  2. James L. Kugel, “Ancient Biblical Interpretation and the Biblical Sage,” in Studies in Ancient Midrash (James L. Kugel, ed.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, 2001), p. 22.

  3. R. N. Whybray, The Succession Narrative: A Study of II Samuel 9–20; I Kings 1 and 2 (London: SCM, 1968), p. 72.

  4. D. P. McAdams, and K. C. McLean, “Narrative Identity,” Current Directions in Psychological Science 22 (2013): 233-238; K. C. McLean, The Co-authored Self: Family Stories and the Construction of Personal Identity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).

  5. Jonathan M. Adler, Ariana F. Turner, Kathryn M. Brookshier, Casey Monahan, Ilana Walder-Biesanz, Luke H. Harmeling, Michelle Albaugh, Dan P. McAdams, and Thomas F. Oltmanns, “Variation in Narrative Identity Is Associated with Trajectories of Mental Health over Several Years,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 108:3 (2015): 476.

  6. Ian James Kidd, “Exemplars, Ethics, and Illness Narratives,” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (forthcoming).

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  3. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA

    Kate C. McLean

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Kidd, I.J., Kynes, W., Blackie, L.E.R. et al. Narratives of Adversity and Wisdom in Ancient Ethical and Spiritual Texts. J Value Inquiry 53, 459–461 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-019-09709-1

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