Adult
• 4 Sessions of Learner’s Materials
• 4 Sessions of Teaching Materials
• 4 Handouts
1. Proverbs 2:1-15
2. Job 3:1-26, 38:1-41
3. Ecclesiastes 3:1-22, 12:1-7
4. Song of Solomon 6:1-13
"Wisdom literature is exciting because it deals directly with life." Wisdom writers were concerned with the present, and how to cope with the challenges of everyday life. Wisdom literature is about human relationships: sister and sister, brother and brother, friend and friend, parent and child, wife and husband. It deals with the nitty-gritty practicalities of daily life.
Session One - The Book of Proverbs is a guide for developing and strengthening our relationship with God and others. It presents us with a God concerned with the mundane and the everyday, with our most intimate relationships, and with our most painful emotions.
Session Two - According to the proverbs and traditional wisdom of the day, anyone who feared and obeyed the Lord would prosper. Since Job is no longer prospering, his friends conclude that Job must have done something to deserve his awful plight. Each of the friends offers their understanding of Job's mistakes, but none of their explanations are adequate. When explanations aren't enough or adequate, how do we live with the darkness?
Session Three - We mark our lives by time. We remember the "good times" and the "bad times." We talk about times past and times to come. We "remember the time that...." We lament that we didn't have time to do all that we wanted to do. What is time? Where did time come from? How do we define it? Time is a significant topic in The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. Today's focus is on the Book of Ecclesiastes, compiled by an unusual sage.
Session Four - Song of Solomon is a Hebrew poem about love. In its Old Testament context, Song of Solomon was viewed by the early Jewish communities as an expression of God's love for the people of Israel.
Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford
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