wisdom was aware that all life is determined by Yahweh and, as we have seen, reflected on his activities, activities which either challenged men or limited them. Let us recall once again the remarkable dualism which struck us about the codification of experiences in the sentences. The teachers vacillated between two possibilities of expression: one adhered quite objectively to the causality of events, while the other was credal and spoke of Yahweh’s direct dealings with men. These two types of expressions