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Biblical wisdom literature. Part 1, 2 and 3 [cd sound recording]
Title:
Biblical wisdom literature. Part 1, 2 and 3 [cd sound recording]
Author:
Koterski, Joseph W.
ISBN:
9781598035247
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Co., c2009.
Physical Description:
18 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks.
Series:
Religion
Great courses (Compact disc)
General Note:
Unabridged.
Contents:
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Introduction to biblical wisdom literature ; Lecture 2. The place of Proverbs in the Bible -- Disc 2. Lecture 3. Collections of proverbs ; Lecture 4. The poems of the Book of Proverbs -- Disc 3. Lecture 5. The relation of Proverbs to covenant ; Lecture 6. Interlude--Some wisdom Psalms -- Disc 4. Lecture 7. Job and the suffering of the innocent ; Lecture 8. Job--The first cycle of conversations -- Disc 5. Lecture 9. Job--Deepening the conversation ; Lecture 10: Job--Second and third conversation cycles -- Disc 6. Lecture 11. Job--The wisdom poem and the conclusion ; Lecture 12. Job--Elihu's defense of God's honor.
Disc 7. Lecture 13. Job--Reflections on the book as a whole ; Lecture 14. Interlude--Prayer in times of suffering -- Disc 8. Lecture 15. Qoheleth--The inadequacy of human wisdom ; Lecture 16. Qoheleth--Skepticism about easy answers -- Disc 9. Lecture 17. Qoheleth--Keeping faith during confusion ; Lecture 18. Interlude--Wisdom Psalms for uncertainty -- Disc 10. Lecture 19. Sirach--A traditional approach to wisdom ; Lecture 20. Sirach on the cultivation of virtue -- Disc 11. Lecture 21. Sirach's wisdom poetry ; Lecture 22: Sirach on Divine providence within history -- Disc 12. Lecture 23. The Song of Songs--Love as the answer ; Lecture 24. The Song of Songs--Levels of meaning.
Disc 13. Lecture 25. Interlude--Wisdom Psalms on perseverance ; Lecture 26. Daniel--Wisdom through dream visions -- Disc 14. Lecture 27. Daniel--God's providential plan for history ; Lecture 28. The wisdom of Solomon on Divine justice -- Disc 15. Lecture 29. The wisdom of Solomon on death ; Lecture 30. The wisdom of Solomon on prayer -- Disc 16. Lecture 31. The wisdom of Solomon on Divine providence ; Lecture 32. Interlude--A wisdom psalm on Torah -- Disc 17. Lecture 33. Jesus as wisdom teacher ; Lecture 34: Jesus and the wisdom stories in the Gospels -- Disc 18. Lecture 35. Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount ; Lecture 36. Overview of biblical wisdom literature.
Abstract:
"This course surveys biblical wisdom literature by a study of important scriptural texts, including proverbs, job, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles), Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon, and selections from the Gospels as well as from the book of Psalms. The lectures take up the array of topics and problems that are recurrent in the Bible's sapiential books, with special emphasis on the problem of the suffering of the innocent but also including such themes as friendship, virtue and vice, marriage and the choice of a spoouse, decision making, life priorities, child rearing, illness, and death"--P. 1.
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