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OT348 Book Study: Proverbs is unavailable, but you can change that!

Tremper Longman opens up the book of Proverbs with this comprehensive study. Longman gives a big picture view of Proverbs, discussing critical ANE background texts, the nature of wisdom, the identification of Woman Wisdom, how to read proverbs Christologically, and the different types of proverbs and teaching found in the book. He includes a helpful comparison with two other Old Testament Wisdom...

But wisdom is basically navigating life, knowing how to avoid the pitfalls of life and how to maximize the benefits of life in these ways. It’s very, very similar to what we call, today, “emotional intelligence.”