On the one hand, the book of Proverbs can be easy and enjoyable to read. A majority of the individual proverbs are intelligible adages giving practical instructions that seem easy enough to apply to one’s life. On the other hand, there may be no other biblical book that is more challenging to comprehend and to relate to our day and age.
How is it that the book of Proverbs can be easy and hard, intelligible and difficult to understand, all at that same time? The answer to these questions has everything to do with how and by whom Proverbs is read.
In this virtual four-week course held on October 4, 11, 18, and 25, we will focus on how to read the book of Proverbs well and apply its principles within the contexts of our contemporary communities.
About the Instructor
Dr. Dominick Hernández currently serves as an Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Dominick teaches on an array of topics including biblical wisdom, ancient Near Eastern literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
You can learn more about Dominick Hernández at his website.