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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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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

We discussed a number of genres in the last lecture, but only two of them are typical of the book of Proverbs: discourses and maxims. 

Read the passages below and identify each as either a discourse or a maxim in your workbook.

  1. Proverbs 8:1-2
  1. Proverbs 9:1-2
  1. Proverbs 10:4-5
  1. Proverbs 11:8-9