CD Audiobook
Biblical wisdom literature. Part 1 of 3 [sound recording] / Father Joseph W. Koterski.
"This course surveys biblical wisdom literature by a study of important scriptural texts, including proverbs, job, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles), Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon, and selections from the Gospels as well as from the book of Psalms. The lectures take up the array of topics and problems that are recurrent in the Bible's sapiential books, with special emphasis on the problem of the suffering of the innocent but also including such themes as friendship, virtue and vice, marriage and the choice of a spoouse, decision making, life priorities, child rearing, illness, and death"--P. 1.
Record details
- Physical Description: 6 cassettes : analog Dolby processed ; + 1 course guidebook (ii, 57 p. ; 22 cm.)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Co., c2009.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Unabridged.Audio Tapes.In container (26 x 19 x 4 cm.)Lectures 1-12 of 36.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Cassette 1. Lecture 1. Introduction to biblical wisdom literature ; Lecture 2. The place of Proverbs in the Bible -- Disc 2. Lecture 3. Collections of proverbs ; Lecture 4. The poems of the Book of Proverbs -- Disc 3. Lecture 5. The relation of Proverbs to covenant ; Lecture 6. Interlude--Some wisdom Psalms -- Disc 4. Lecture 7. Job and the suffering of the innocent ; Lecture 8. Job--The first cycle of conversations -- Disc 5. Lecture 9. Job--Deepening the conversation ; Lecture 10: Job--Second and third conversation cycles -- Disc 6. Lecture 11. Job--The wisdom poem and the conclusion ; Lecture 12. Job--Elihu's defense of God's honor.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Lecturer: Father Joseph W. Koterski.
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Summary:
"This course surveys biblical wisdom literature by a study of important scriptural texts, including proverbs, job, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles), Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon, and selections from the Gospels as well as from the book of Psalms. The lectures take up the array of topics and problems that are recurrent in the Bible's sapiential books, with special emphasis on the problem of the suffering of the innocent but also including such themes as friendship, virtue and vice, marriage and the choice of a spoouse, decision making, life priorities, child rearing, illness, and death"--P. 1.