Exam 15: The Wisdom Literature

Discuss the character of Job. Does he deserve his reputation as a paradigm of patience based on the biblical text? What factors may have contributed to this classic portrayal of Job as supremely patient?

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The "Words of Ahiqar" comes from approximately____________ century B.C.E.

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Question 22

Wisdom literature is a widely attested genre from the ancient Near East.

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Question 23

The biblical proverbs are generally ahistorical in content.

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Question 24

Proverbs presents wisdom as a(n)

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Discuss the character of Job. Does he deserve his reputation as a paradigm of patience based on the biblical text? What factors may have contributed to this classic portrayal of Job as supremely patient?

The "Words of Ahiqar" comes from approximately____________ century B.C.E.

Wisdom literature is a widely attested genre from the ancient Near East.

The biblical proverbs are generally ahistorical in content.

Proverbs presents wisdom as a(n)

What Is the Bible

Why Is the Bible so Hard to Understand

The Book of Genesis

Who Wrote the Pentateuch

From Egypt to Mount Sinai: Exodus and Leviticus

From Mount Sinai to the Promised Land: Numbers and Deuteronomy

The Deuteronomistic History: Joshua and Judges

The Books of Samuel and Kings

The Early Israelite Prophets: Amos and Isaiah

Other Pre-Exilic Prophets: Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk

The Historians of Exile and Return: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Beyond

The Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophets

The Poets of Ancient Israel

Storytellers in Ancient Israel

Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Apocrypha

The World of Jesus and His Followers

The Synoptic Problem and the Gospel of Mark

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke

The Gospel of John and the Later Gospels

The Historical Jesus

The Life of the Apostle Paul

The Letters of Paul

The Acts of the Apostles

In the Wake of Paul: Deutero-Pauline Epistles

The General Epistles and the Book of Revelation

Appendix: the Canon and Text of the Bible

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