The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 13, 4 August 2013
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 13, 4 August 2013 Hosea 11:1-11 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:1-23 Psalm 49:1-11 Colossians 3:1-11 St. Luke 12:13-21 William Blake - "Job" Background: Wisdom Literature Gerhard von Rad, a biblical scholar with a special interest in the Hebrew Scriptures, along with others is skeptical about this genre of literature in the Bible. None-the-less, there are enough unique aspects of this literature for us to take time and see the manner of its use in the Old Testament. The most expansive definition of Wisdom Literature is that it is not something that is uniquely of Israel, indeed where it is included in the canon (Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes) it is not uniquely Yahwistic. This kind of writing could be found in all of the nations that surrounded Israel, including those from wh