Message Outline:

The Bible

Part Five: Wisdom Literature

Discussion 1: Biblical Wisdom

● The Wisdom Books’ Connection

￮ Proverbs (A = B)

￮ Job (A ≠ B)

￮ Ecclesiastes (A)

● The Wisdom Books’ Placement

￮ Priest – The Law (World View)

￮ Sage – Wisdom (Mundane)

￮ Prophet – Oracle (Unusual)

Discussion 2: Biblical Poetry

● Evocative Language

● Formative Principle – Parallelism

Job

● The Background

￮ Job’s Character

￮ Job’s Time

￮ Job’s Situation

● The Outline (Refer to Your Outline)

Psalms

● The Background

￮ The Popularity of the Psalms

￮ The Nature of the Psalms

psalms – psalmos – mizmor

￮ The Author’s of the Psalms

● The Outline (Refer to Your Outline)

Proverbs

● The Background

￮ Proverbs’ Purpose

￮ Proverbs’ Design

proverb – mashal

￮ Proverbs’ Source

● The Outline (Refer to Your Outline)

Ecclesiastes

● The Background

￮ Title

● Ecclesiastes – ekklesiastes – ekklesia – Church

2

￮ Author

￮ Purpose Stated

￮ Purpose Explained

● The Outline (Refer to Your Outline)

Song of Solomon

● The Background

￮ Why was it written?

￮ Who wrote it?

￮ What it entails?

● The Outline (Refer to Your Outline)