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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job: Wisdom

  1. Lesson One
    Proverbs: Sayings of Sages (Proverbs 5–9, 22–30)
    25 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Proverbs: Wisdom, Our World and YHWH (Proverbs 10–21, 31)
    29 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Ecclesiastes
    23 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    The Lament of Job (Job 1–3, 32–42)
    30 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    The Wisdom of Job (Job 4–31)
    20 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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What we get in Proverbs is not a different value system from the books we’ve seen to this point, but a different perspective and genre. 

Compare several Proverbs with related passages from Deuteronomy below. 

Reference: Mark S. Sneed, The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature, 2015, p. 303.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (NIV)Proverbs 6:20-23 (NIV)
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. (6:6-7)My son, keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. (6:20-21)
Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (6:7)When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. (6:22)
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (6:8-9)For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life. (6:23)