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Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named. —CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER, THE TIMELESS WAY OF BUILDING THE QUOTATION IN THE EPIGRAPH ABOVE comes from Christopher Alexander’s award-winning approach to architecture, which he says centers on a quality that “cannot be named.” We think, however, that there are good reasons to identify
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