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The books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes are rooted in the order created by the one true God. Their steady gaze penetrates to the very nature of created reality and leads us toward peace and human flourishing. Craig G. Bartholomew and Ryan O’Dowd tune our ears to once again hear Lady Wisdom calling in the streets. Establishing the books in the context of ancient Near Eastern wisdom traditions...

End: in Proverbs 31:30, closing the book as the prized quality of the valiant woman The “fear of Yahweh” also appears in modified forms in Job 28:28 and Ecclesiastes 12:13. Throughout the rest of the Old Testament, the “fear of Yahweh” similarly represents total devotion to God as the heart of Israel’s “true” religion. To fear Yahweh is to sense his power and holiness (Ex 20:20) and yet, at the same time, to embrace him in love and obedience (Deut 10:16). Walther Eichrodt rightly observes that the
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