by Justin Marple | Jul 21, 2017 | Canon Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
In the Hebrew Scriptures there are three divisions: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. (I have written about this extensively in older posts, but I will repeat a few things for our purposes in this post.) The Torah consists of five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,...
by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
There are two collections remaining in the book of Proverbs, both we suspect were written by Gentile converts to the faith of Israel. Each has two parts with a total of four different genres represented. The first of these two collections is Proverbs 30 containing...
by Justin Marple | Feb 24, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The main concern of the rest of Solomon II is how the new king will rule, particularly how he will rule over the poor. Its verses remind us of the perfect king who was yet to come at this point — Jesus the Christ — who would be very concerned about the...
by Justin Marple | Feb 20, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
When we explore the next several units and subunits of the first half of Solomon II, we find that they continue to be highly structured and interlocked using the janus feature. A janus just simply is a device where the first half of the verse points back to the...
by Justin Marple | Feb 11, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The fifth part of Proverbs is Proverbs 25:1-29:27. This collection is often called ‘Solomon II.’ Like Solomon I, Solomon II consists of various pithy proverbs (what we usually think of as proverbs). The superscription to this collection reads as...
by Justin Marple | Feb 10, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The fourth part of proverbs are further sayings of the wise. They are introduced by the heading: ”These also are sayings of the wise.” This part is very short – it consists of Proverbs 24:23-34. The heading suggests that like the third part of Proverbs...
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