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How to Interpret Wisdom Literature (Proverbs) PART 3—Recommendations, Not Reality.

By joshbanks July 19, 2022ArticlesNo Comments

Note that generally, the Book of Proverbs is a book of recommendations and suggestions on how a good society CAN be, not how the society ACTUALLY is. Found therein are…

How to interpret Wisdom Literature (Proverbs) PART 2—The Style of the Book of Proverbs.

By joshbanks July 18, 2022ArticlesNo Comments

Some find it difficult to understand the Book of Proverbs, and the reason is because they do not understand the style in which it was written. The Book of Proverbs…

How to Interpret Wisdom Literature (Proverbs) PART 1

By joshbanks July 15, 2022ArticlesNo Comments

Wisdom Literature is a genre of the Bible which concerns wise words and statements made by Jewish sages. This genre can be readily found in Job, Proverbs & Ecclesiastes. This…

The Use of Parallelism in the Bible.

By joshbanks July 7, 2022ArticlesNo Comments

Parallelism is an Hebraic mode of writing. It emphasizes a statement by saying it in different ways. That is, the writer uses different words or phrases to refer to the…