Tremper Longman opens up the book of Proverbs with this comprehensive study. Longman gives a big picture view of Proverbs, discussing critical ANE background texts, the nature of wisdom, the identification of Woman Wisdom, how to read proverbs Christologically, and the different types of proverbs and teaching found in the book. He includes a helpful comparison with two other Old Testament Wisdom books, Job and Ecclesiastes.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
5m
Introduction to Proverbs
The Structure of the Book of Proverbs
6m
What Do We Learn from the Preface (Prov 1:1–7)?
2m
What Does the Book Intend to Teach?
6m
Who Wrote the Book?
6m
Proverbs and Ancient Near Eastern Literature
Proverbs and the Ancient Perspective
5m
Mesopotamian Wisdom: Sumerian and Akkadian
7m
Egyptian Instructions and Northwest Semitic Wisdom
8m
Connections between Extrabiblical Wisdom and Proverbs
6m
Amenemope and Proverbs
10m
Wisdom Themes
8m
Implications of Similarities and Differences
6m
Proverbs 1–9
To Whom Is the Book Written?
10m
The Ethical and Theological Dimension of Wisdom (Prov 1:3b)
9m
Who Is Woman Wisdom?
6m
Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 8
10m
The Choice between Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly (Prov 1–9)
9m
With Whom to Dine?
7m
Jesus Is the Epitome of God’s Wisdom: Part 1
5m
Jesus Is the Epitome of God’s Wisdom: Part 2
6m
Jesus and Woman Wisdom
7m
Jesus Is Associated but Not Identified with Woman Wisdom
5m
Reading Proverbs Christologically
5m
Proverbs 10–31
Overview of Proverbs 10–31
6m
Secular or Theological Wisdom?
7m
How to Read a Proverb
6m
What Is a Proverb?
6m
Examples of Parallelism
8m
“Better than” Proverbs and Numerical Parallelism
9m
How Imagery Works
9m
Other Literary Devices (Prov 31:10–31)
11m
Truth and Proverbs
7m
Truth and Timing
5m
Applying Proverbs at the Right Time
5m
How to Know the Right Time
9m
Proverbs and Revelation
7m
Proverbs and Promises
7m
Reading Proverbs Canonically
Introducing Reading Proverbs in the Context of the Canon