xjwsforChrist

PTERIST SAID

Interesting read this morning - Shalom

***The most succinct definition with which I am familiar is that wisdom literature is "a way of looking at life based on experience." This distinguishes it from other forms of biblical literature, especially the prophets, whose method of gaining information is reflected in their recurrent phrase, "Thus says the LORD." They did not gain their messages by reflecting on life or experience, but by direct communication from the deity. Wisdom writers, on the other hand, present observations accessible to anyone. They catalog life and organize the common experience of many generations into basic codes for how to live successfully. In fact, if there is one modification I would make to Dell’s definition, it is the notion that wisdom literature is "a way of looking at life" or even a quest for meaning in life. While that is sometimes present, it is even more characteristically a quest for what works in life.****

http://hebrew.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/JHL/Wisdom.html