Tag: Woman Wisdom
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Reflecting on Proverbs 8 8-14, 17-21
We are studying, or focusing on, Proverbs 8:8-14 and 17-21 for Sunday, June 21. This is part of the long speech in praise of wisdom delivered by Woman Wisdom, the personification of wisdom, herself. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider as we think about this […]
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Studying Proverbs 8 8-14, 17-21
We are studying, or focusing on, Proverbs 8:8-14 and 17-21 for Sunday, June 21 – continuing our exploration of wisdom, this time with part of this long speech by Woman Wisdom praising herself and her relation to God and creation. Here are some notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: We are still in the […]
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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 […]
Matters of Interpretation 