by Justin Marple | Nov 19, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
In the last post, we explored two speeches by the father. It has been said that there are a total of ten speeches by the father. This number is hardly an accident given the significance of the number ten in Scripture. Our approach here will be to continue with a...
by Justin Marple | Nov 12, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The first chapter of Proverbs serves as an introduction to the book. We have the title (not just of the first section but the whole book), then a statement of the purpose for the book, and then we see two speeches — that of the father and that of woman wisdom....
by Justin Marple | Nov 4, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
There are several things that we should note about the book of Proverbs before we begin to interpret particular verses of the book. We will begin by looking at the place of Proverbs in its canonical context — that is, as a book of Scripture and particularly as...
by Justin Marple | Oct 29, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
Job 38 begins, ”Then YHWH answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:” God is not answering Elihu and will only answer the three friends at the end. He speaks out of a heavy windstorm. This is a theophany – a fancy way of saying that God appears to Job....
by Justin Marple | Oct 24, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The book of Job has been a book not so much about suffering as it is about faith. Lindsay Wilson says, ”Suffering is simply the setting in which the issue of the book is raised.” Job has been bold and even confrontational in his speeches with his friends...
by Justin Marple | Oct 21, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The third cycle of dialogue in Job shows the friends of Job reduced to silence because they are unable to refute Job. The cycle also gives Job the opportunity to make a final case that could be presented before God. We still await the evaluations of Elihu the Buzite...
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