Yung Suk Kim, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology Virginia Union University Why...

In a metaphor, there are two things: the tenor (the target domain) and the vehicle (the source domain). The former is the thing described---...

"New blood" may be understood as a metaphor for the vibrant activity that strengthens the community and organization. While a pers...

I found a good definition of wisdom in James Crenshaw's book, Old Testament Wisdom , third ed. WJKP, 2010. "It follows that wisdom ...

"The more comfortable we become with being stupid, the deeper we will wade into the unknown and the more likely we are to make big disc...

  "But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:24). Tzedakah (צְדָקָה) means ...

I finished Qohelet. This is the final reading note. I read all three wisdom books, producing 27 reading notes. This summer I did not expect...

The view of "you reap what you sow" in Proverbs is not upheld by Qohelet, who is thoroughly realistic in his view of the world and...

I like Qohelet because there is no doctrine whatsoever. Qohelet is not a doctrinal book. While humans need true wisdom, there is no push for...

Hebel הֶבֶל means "vapor or breath," an important metaphor for something that is short-lived or ephemeral. This word in Eccl 1:2 i...