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Wisdom Literature

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job and other wisdom literature.
Wisdom Literature Bible Study

Articles: (click to view)

What is Wisdom Literature?

  • “What is Wisdom Literature?” by Bible Odyssey
  • “Wisdom Series”, by The Bible Project

Proverbs

  • “Marco Rubio Is Tweeting the Most Republican Part of the Bible.” Joel Baden, Politico. July 9, 2017.
  • “Proverbs”, Biblica
  • “Proverbs”, The Bible Project
  • “Proverbs 31 As an Acrostic Poem”, Bible Odyssey

Wisdom and Creation

  • “Desperately seeking Sophia”, by Joyce Rupp
  • “Sophia: The Christian Mystic’s Path to Wisdom”, by Antonia Blumberg
  • “Searching for Sunday Excerpt: ‘Breath’”, by Rachel Held Evans

Wisdom and Women

  • “Woman Wisdom and the Woman of Substance”, by Christine Roy Yoder
  • “Woman Wisdom: Bible”, by Claudia V. Camp
  • “Job and Woman Wisdom”, by Amy Erickson
  • “A Strong Woman (Prov 31:10-31)”, by Carol Meyers

Ecclesiastes

  • “Ecclesiastes”, Biblica
  • “Ecclesiastes”, The Bible Project

Job

  • “Job’s Friends Accuse Him of Doing Evil (Job 4-23)”, The Theology of Work Project
  • “The Book of Job: A Whirlwind of Confusion”, by Robert M. Seltzer
  • “Job”, by Carol Newsom

Podcasts: (click to view)

  • “3 Things You Might Not Know About Proverbs 31”, by Rachel Held Evans
  • “Women of Valor: It’s about character, not roles”, by Rachel Held Evans
  • “Enough: Or, why we should all be laughing hysterically in the magazine aisle”, by Rachel Held Evans

 

 

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