OT3114 & OT3116 Wisdom Literature

Class Handouts
(Note: Hebrew on these handouts will not be readable except by those students who have Bible Windows or have downloaded the Silver Mountain Hebrew Font. To download this font, go to http://www.silvermnt.com/fonts.htm) or some fonts are from Bible Works

Wisdom Lecture #1 Intro: What is Wisdom, Who is Wise, and How Does One Read a Proverb?

Wisdom Lecture #2  Proverbs 10-31: Introduced and Explored

          Wisdom Lecture #3-4: Proverbs 1-9: Woman Wisdom, Woman Folly; and the  Overall Context of Proverbs 1-9

          Wisdom Lecture #5: Job: Prologue and Lament

          Wisdom Lecture #6: Job: Job’s Case and Scholarly Responses

          Wisdom Lecture #7 Job: God's Answer, Job's Response, and the Epilogue

          Wisdom Lecture #8 Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes): What’s It All About, and Is There Hope?

          Wisdom Lecture #9 Sirach: History, Culture and Wisdom, Torah;  Psalms and Judaism

                    Wisdom Psalms Classification and Bibliography

          Wisdom Lecture #10 Wisdom of Solomon: Wisdom Encounters Hellenism

                    Issues of Canon

          Wisdom Lecture #11 Wisdom in Judaism and Intro to Wisdom in the New Testament: John

                    Parallels Between John and Woman Wisdom

Wisdom Lecture #12 On Wisdom and Jesus Continued: Teachings, Christology and the Cross

        Words for Wisdom and Folly in Proverbs