Tag: proverbs
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Reflecting on Proverbs 9 1-6, 8-10, 13-18
We are studying Proverbs 9:1-6, 8-10, and 13-18, for Sunday, June 28 – the conclusion to the introductory section of the book of Proverbs, and of our study of this part of the Biblical wisdom literature. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider as we study…
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Reflecting on Proverbs 2 1-11
We are studying Proverbs 2:1-11 for Sunday, June 14 (Flag Day, in the secular world), taking the next step in our exploration of the Biblical wisdom literature by reading part of the next long speech in praise of wisdom in Proverbs. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might…
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Studying Proverbs 2 1-11
We are studying Proverbs 2:1-11 for Sunday, June 14 – the next chapter in Proverbs, and our next step into the Biblical wisdom literature. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are a few notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Not much to add to the notes from last week. The famous, or…
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Reflecting on Proverbs 1
We are studying Proverbs 1, with attention to verses 1-4, 7-8, 10, 20-22, and 32-33, for Sunday, June 8. This is the introduction to the Biblical book of Proverbs (mishlei), which sets up the themes of the collection, and gives us a long parental warning about not being fools and a lecture from Woman Wisdom…
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Studying Proverbs 1
We are studying Proverbs 1, with emphasis on verses 1-4, 7-8, 10, 20-22, and 32-33, for Sunday, June 8. This introduction to the Biblical book of Proverbs (mishlei) begins a four-week series of lessons on Proverbs, which leads in to a look at wisdom texts in the gospels and the book of James. [Some questions…
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“Lux umbra dei”
Going through the mail that has been piling up for the past several weeks; skimmed through a publisher’s catalog (Paulist Press), and ran across the description of Home by Another Route: A Journal of Art, Music and Faith, by Charles Scribner, III; in the course of this, was introduced to the Latin proverb – evidently, ancient…
Matters of Interpretation 