OT Wisdom Books

(Class Notes)

• Tanakh (Hebrew Acronym)
  • Torah - the Law
  • Nevi'im - the Prophets
  • Ketuvim - the Writings, i.e. the Wisdom Books
  • The above threefold partition of the OT alluded to by Christ as "the Scriptures" (Luke 24:44-45)

• OT Wisdom Books
  • Job - self abhorrence (Job 40:4; 42:6 cf. Romans 7:18,24)
  • Psalms - Divine worship: praise, i.e. thanksgiving (Psalms 30:12; 35:18 79:13; 106:1,47 cf. Hebrews 13:15)
    • Proverbs - Divine wisdom: Christ, the Wisdom of God (Proverbs 5:7; 7:24 8:32 cf. Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:35; I Corinthians 1:24); (Proverbs 8:22-30 cf. John 1:1-3)
  • Ecclesiastes - earthly vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 12:8 cf. I John 2:16-17)
  • Song of Songs - heavenly joy (Song of Songs 1:4 cf. I Peter 1:8)

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