Many sources, dating from ancient through modern times, have explored the nature of wisdom and its role in daily life. In The Bible Now, Richard Friedman, the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia, and Carleton University’s Shawna Dolansky examine the relationship between the Bible and wisdom.1
Most wisdom comes from life experience, but we can also get wisdom from reading and studying the Bible, wrestling with its stories and laws and poetry, liking many of the things we find there, being troubled by others, studying the contradictions and differences among its many texts, arguing with other people about its meanings and its qualities, questioning our own values and opinions, contemplating what it was like to live in its world.
Many sources, dating from ancient through modern times, have explored the nature of wisdom and its role in daily life. In The Bible Now, Richard Friedman, the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia, and Carleton University’s Shawna Dolansky examine the relationship between the Bible and wisdom.1 Most wisdom comes from life experience, but we can also get wisdom from reading and studying the Bible, wrestling with its stories and laws and poetry, liking many of the things we find there, being troubled by others, studying the contradictions and differences among its many […]
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