I need a good Catholic definition for the Wisdom books

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I’m working on a Power Point presentation for Father and need a good definition of what the Wisdom books in the Bible are.

The slide looks like this:

The Wisdom Books

• The book of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach

A photo of a Bible opened to the Psalms

I need more info on the slide but am at a loss. I had some stuff about the poetry of the books, but Father nixed it as too deep.

Can someone give me a overview that isn’t too deep, but not too over simplistic?
Thanks a bunch.

 

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I’m working on a Power Point presentation for Father and need a good definition of what the Wisdom books in the Bible are.

The slide looks like this:

The Wisdom Books

• The book of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach

A photo of a Bible opened to the Psalms

I need more info on the slide but am at a loss. I had some stuff about the poetry of the books, but Father nixed it as too deep.

Can someone give me a overview that isn’t too deep, but not too over simplistic?
Thanks a bunch.

Let’s see. The wisdom books emphasize the importance of moral conduct (which is everyone’s responsibility, from the king to the poorest shepherd) as the manifestation of the covenant relationship (as compared with the sacrificial ritual, which is reserved to the priestly class). They tend to be poetic or epigramatic rather than narrative (hmm. That’s probably not language you want in your powerpoint. How about "instead of being stories of people and events they are more filled with poems, prayers and observations about life. . . ") Even in Job, the “story” is more of a frame for the long poetic meditations on the eternal theme of “if God is good, why do humans suffer?”

 

[cctabb]

Let’s see. The wisdom books emphasize the importance of moral conduct (which is everyone’s responsibility, from the king to the poorest shepherd) as the manifestation of the covenant relationship (as compared with the sacrificial ritual, which is reserved to the priestly class). They tend to be poetic or epigramatic rather than narrative (hmm. That’s probably not language you want in your powerpoint. How about "instead of being stories of people and events they are more filled with poems, prayers and observations about life. . . ") Even in Job, the “story” is more of a frame for the long poetic meditations on the eternal theme of “if God is good, why do humans suffer?”

Thank you, very much.