Scripture and Tradition Bible Studies

Wisdom 10-19 forms the second half of the book, which takes a unique direction. The first half in chapters 1-9 talked about the great pursuit of righteousness, wisdom, and immortality. Now it takes t…

Solomon warns kings and rulers that all authority comes from God and must be exercised to promote God's laws and holiness. If they love righteousness and seek wisdom, then they'll reign for ever in G…

Chapters 1-5 of Wisdom makes the argument that the two ways presented before each of us—the way of righteousness versus the way of unrighteousness—have eternal consequences, either spiritual death or…

Lesson 1 lays the foundation for this incredible book. We'll review it's place in the Wisdom Literature corpus, it's theological connections to the other Solomonic books, it's authorship and dating, …

The Song of Songs allegorically expresses the soul's longing for intimacy many times, but the strange thing is that such intimacy doesn't occur, not even at the end. Instead, the bride cries out agai…

This lesson examines the first half of the book according to the predominate interpretive views of the groom representing God/Messiah and the bride representing Israel/Church, and by extension each h…

The Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon, is an incredibly powerful book. At first glance, one might conclude it's exclusively about the love between a husband and wife. However, the book is concerned w…

The second half of Ecclesiastes develops the various observations of the first half of the book by shifting to analyze the various mysteries of life that we all experience. He challenges the dictates…

Ecclesiastes opens with the author's most famous, and often repeated, thesis: "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!" What's more, the book argues that there is nothing to be gained for all man's toil u…

The first lesson is an important step for laying the foundation of this incredibly philosophical book. It will briefly examine Wisdom Literature in general, the important literary and theological mea…

After embracing Lady Wisdom, it's time to listen to her teaching. Proverbs has so much to say about living a virtuous life according to the fear of the Lord. This lesson will review select verses for…

Proverbs centers around one of the Bible's super key themes—"The Two Ways"—in an extremely unique manner. The Way of Righteousness is personified by Lady Wisdom, and the Way of Unrighteousness is per…

The Book of Proverbs within the Wisdom Literature Collection of the Old Testament is understandably beloved by many for its short, pithy, yet memorable wise sayings for navigating all aspects of life…

Job's three friends have proven worthless and unwise indeed. So, after proclaiming an incredible hymn of wisdom and its origin in God, Job demands that God answer him in powerful courtroom language t…

After seven days of silence, Job finally opens his mouth to speak. He doesn't curse God, as Satan said he would, but he does curse his own life and the day of his birth. This begins a series of dialo…

Job 1-2 is called is prologue for the books and it forms the crucial backstory to why Job suffers as he does. Job is described as one of the wealthiest, but also most righteous people, living. He is …

Job is one of the greatest works in the Bible, and in world literature. This first lesson covers such important introductory topics to the Book of Job such as title, biographical details of Job's per…

This final lesson ends with a tremendous, celebratory shout of joy and praise! After all the ups and downs, victories and defeats, as well as blessings and curses for Israel during these past five bo…

Psalms 120-136 form the 2nd Cycle of the 5th Book of the Psalter. Within this collection is the very special "Psalms of Ascent" that pilgrims would sing as they enter the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thes…

Psalms 113-119 form what is called the Egyptian Hallel Psalms, or the Passover Collection. They were sung by Christ himself at the Last Supper before he fulfilled each of them so powerfully in the Pa…