Courses » SCRI 536: Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

Description: The course will engage in a literary, historical, and theological study of the wisdom books of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes (=Qoheleth), Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (=Ben Sira or Ecclesiasticus), focusing on their composition, structure, theology, liturgical usage, and implications for dialogue among Jews and Christians. In addition, it treats how Second Temple Judaism influences the development of the New Testament. In addition, since some psalms (e.g. 1, 14, 37, 73, 91, 112, 119, and 128) are regarded as “wisdom psalms” due to their similarity with the themes of the main wisdom books, the course investigates the Book of Psalms with a focus on exegesis, theology and history.
Credits: 3.0