He continues to serve as senior lecturer in Old Testament, teaching master's-level courses in the prophets and the Psalms and Wisdom Literature.
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Some claim that Greek philosophy, in turn, was influenced by the older wisdom literature and mythological cosmogonies of the ancient Near East.
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The dialogue is limited to two people ( unlike, for instance, Plato s dialogues ), as is common in ancient Middle-Eastern wisdom literature.
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The "'Instructions of Shuruppak "'( or, " Instructions of ` uruppak son of Ubara-tutu " ) are a significant example of Sumerian wisdom literature.
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It will examine the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible, including Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes; the Gospel and letters of John; and the book of Revelation.
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Djedkare was buried in a vizier Ptahhotep, the purported author of " The Maxims of Ptahhotep ", one of the earliest pieces of philosophic wisdom literature.
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In Classical Antiquity, the advice poetry of Hesiod, particularly his " Works and Days " has been seen as a like-genre to Near Eastern wisdom literature.
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Scriptures are understood to contain historical fact, poetry, idiom, metaphor, simile, moral fable, parable, prophecy and wisdom literature, and each bears its own consideration in its interpretation.
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What is unusual about her writings is that she composed her work in middle low German at a time when most wisdom literature was composed in Latin.
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The key principle of wisdom literature is that while techniques of traditional story-telling are used, books also presume to offer insight and wisdom about nature and reality.