ENGL 260 Lecture 10: October 1st - Proverbs and Parables
14 Apr 2016
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They are idbits of advice: short pithy statements. How to be righteous, stay away from bad, pursue wisdom, etc. They are part of the poeical and wisdom books. Some pertains to relaionships with the divine, while others focus on earthly problems. Proverbs in the new testament are repeated (quoted) from the old testament. There are many parallels in the four gospels. First prologue: the law and the prophets refers to the irst to parts of the old testament. Chrisian old testament: during the reformaion, it was taken from the bible, and put into the apocrypha. Second prologue: says that the book emulated solomon"s proverbs, it never says that the grandfather was divinely inspired, but his book is valuable ancient wisdom, the second prologue is a product of the reformaion. Scripture has a human author, but is always divinely inspired. Chapter 37 of the book of genesis is a fundamental part of the introduction to the story of joseph.
