THEO1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wisdom Literature, Wisdom Tradition, Satan
Document Summary
Leads from questions to praise to wisdom, leads from unnerving questions to a more secure perspective. Jewish: psalms, job, proverbs, ruth, song of solomon, ecclesiastes. Huge kick in the ass for the wisdom tradition. Discussion of how unsatisfactory the wisdom hypothesis was. Retributive nation is the heart of proverbs. Give to god and he will give you plenty. According to deuteronomy this extends to the community as well. Surely there is a god who judged on earth. Attacks theory from outside in the land of uz. Prose (1,2 42) and the different layouts. The satan means lawyer or opposition not an evil force just a contradictory force currently. Yahweh initiates the convo have you considered my servant. Blameless, upright, god fearing, turns from evil. Satan: does job fear god for nothing. May just be for reward because job is happy and has everything. Satan appears to know orthodox retribution theory.
