Dr. John Walton, Job, Lecture 17, Conclusion of dialogue series and Wisdom Interlude (Job 28)

Biblical eLearning (http://biblicalelearning.org) presents (audio is also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3J1VPzd1WWVUt3gRQhoV5b?si=0ff95acf83874566): Dr. John Walton (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College) has taught for many years at Wheaton College after twenty years on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute. He has published major commentaries on Genesis and Job in the NIVAC series. His Old Testament textbook, A Survey of the Old Testament, is used in colleges across the country. He has also shaped the thinking of Christians in the area of ancient Near Eastern backgrounds in his IVP Background Commentary and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary and more recently his books: Lost World of Scripture (IVP), Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Eisenbrauns), Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Baker) and many others. Go to https://biblicalelearning.org for full transcripts and audios of these presentations in English, Spanish, and many other languages. There are also AI generated study guides and dialogic Podcast audio summaries there as well. I invite you to click on the "CC" [Closed Captioning] to turn on/off the Closed Captioning option. Outline: 00:25 Review 1:54 Hymn to Wisdom (Job 28) Narrator's Intermission 2:47 Structure of Job 28, Hymn to Wisdom 3:46 Job 28: Wisdom and Order Nexus 5:02 Friends justice focus, God wisdom focus 7:01 Job 28:18 Fear of the Lord is Wisdom 7:26 Fear of Lord Contrasts 8:49 Fear of Adonai [lord, master] 11:28 Rhetorical Role of Job 28 Hymn to Wisdom 13:08 Coherence with the Righteous Suffering? 13:50 God as Source/Author of Wisdom/Order 15:06 Fear Expressed in Trust 16:05 Conclusion on the Significance of Job 28 Hymn of Wisdom 16:44 End Dr. Walton's teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XtzJQOHqlsCl8GJyv5aWp?si=17101177dc784dc6