those of Jewish wisdom writings but expressed as Greek diatribe. The most notable example is the imagined dialogues found in 2:18f. with objections anticipated and answered. He also notices that such formulae as μὴ πλανᾶσθε (1:16), θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι (2:20), βλέπεις (2:22), ἁρᾶτε (2:24), ἶστε (1:19), τί ὄφελος (2:14, 16), οὐ χρή (3:10) to introduce a conclusion, διὸ λέγει (4:6) with a quotation, and ἰδού (3:4, 5; 5:4, 7, 9, 11) have frequent occurrence in diatribes. Also the use