Exploring Old Testament Wisdom Literature

In this episode, we continue our overview of the books of the Old Testament. We discuss the Wisdom books and the Prophetic books, and consider what each book is about, who wrote it, when it was written, and what its key themes are.

The aim of these episodes is to provide us with a bird's-eye view of the whole Bible, to help equip us to begin reading it, or to read it more deeply.

In this episode, we'll look at the following books:

THE WISDOM BOOKS

• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• Wisdom
• Sirach

THE PROPHETIC BOOKS

• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Baruch
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• ⁠The Bible (New Revised Catholic Edition)⁠
• ⁠The Great Adventure Catholic Bible⁠
• USCCB, ⁠The Books of the Bible⁠
• Pope Pius XII, ⁠Humani Generis⁠
• Scott Hahn, Biblical Resources: Old Testament
• Vatican II, Dei Verbum
• Peter Kreeft, ⁠You Can Understand the Bible⁠
• The Council of Trent, ⁠Decree Concerning the Canonical Scriptures⁠
• ⁠The Bible in 10 Minutes (feat. Fr. Mike Schmitz)

• Catholic Answers:
• ⁠The Old Testament Isn't Strict History⁠

• ⁠Catholics Need to Read Their Bibles⁠
• The Book of Job
• The Books of the Twelve Minor Prophets
• How Do We Know the Old Testament Prophets Weren’t Lying?
• The Book of Isaiah
• The Book of Jeremiah
• The Book of Proverbs

• Christopher West, What Is The Song of Songs Doing in the Bible?
• The Catholic Encyclopedia:
• ⁠Old Testament⁠
• Job
• Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess
• Book of Daniel
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Ecclesiasticus

• Jimmy Akin:
• How to Understand Old Testament Prophecy
• ⁠History as the Ancients Wrote It⁠
• ⁠How Ancient Authors Wrote
• The Bible in a Year: Day 16: The Suffering of Job
• Catholic Central: Prophets
• Ascension, The Bible Timeline Chart