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The discipline of Old Testament theology continues to be in flux as diverse approaches vie for dominance. Into the stream Paul R. House sends this student-friendly offering that should prove useful to a wide audience. Following introductory chapters on the history of the discipline and his own method, House discusses the theological emphases of each book in the order of the Hebrew canon. Readers...

Third, Job 28 and Proverbs 8 argue that God’s skills as Creator prove the Lord’s unsurpassed wisdom. According to Job, God alone possesses an understanding of wisdom’s depths because only the Lord has created mysterious elements like wind, water, lightning and thunder (Job 28:25–26). Since God’s wisdom surpasses any human’s, the author counsels readers to develop a healthy respect or fear of the Lord (Job 28:28). Similarly Proverbs 8:22–36 traces wisdom back to the creation of all things, for Yahweh
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