TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Paterson, John,
TI  - The wisdom of Israel: Job and Proverbs
U1  - 223.106 PAT 
PY  - 1961///
CY  - London, Nashville
PB  - Lutterworth Press ; Abingdon Press
KW  -  Bible. Job Bible. Job Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Proverbs Bible. Proverbs Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 
I. The book of Job
1. Purpose of the book
A larger thought of God
The life-blood of suffering
A changed view of sin and suffering
2. Plan of the book
Folk-tale background
Plan of the poem
A soul's pilgrimage
3. Exposition of the book
Assembly of the "sons of God"
Challenge of "the Satan"
Job's friends
Rewards and punishment
Job remains unconvinced
Final effort of his friends
Job's outburst of affliction
The upsurge of hope
Job at the turning point
Love stronger than death
Job's faithful emergence
The Divine speeches
God the voice of a friend
4. Power of the book
The eternal background
Reality in religion
The problem of suffering
II. The Proverbs
1. Purpose of the books
Purpose of the sages
Background of the sages
2. Plan of the book
The eight main sections
Authorship of Proverbs
3. Exposition of the book
The teachable fool
The hardened fool
The arrogant fool
Education according to the sages
Wisdom, president of the world
The golden mean of moderation
Counsels of the sages
The language of the sages
The place of Proverbs
Influence on Christian teaching
A manual of ethics
4. The power of the book
These timeless counsels
Inherited faith and new dynamic
The clash of cultures
History is judgment
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