In our eighth episode on Wisdom in the Old Testament, we continue our exploration of Proverbs and how Christians should read them. In particular, we discuss how individual proverbs can have a wide range of applications, and how the book of Proverbs leverages this property (called “polysemy”) in its organization and repetition of them.

00:00 - Introduction

02:54 - Should Proverbs Be Read Individually or in Groups?

06:18 - Dealing With Particularity and Universality in Ethics

09:37 - Example 1: Using Your Words

16:17 - The Polysemy of Proverbs as Key To Reading Them

22:07 - Example 2: Divine Providence and Human Action

26:31 - Reading Proverbs Through Multiple Layers

30:34 - Concluding Thoughts

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