Title: Chapter 04: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Poetry and Wisdom
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Which of the Wisdom books is partly a reaction against the book of Proverbs and a simplistic interpretation of its teachings?
- Job (Job)

Q: List three of the connotations of the Hebrew term for “wisdom.”
- someone who is skilled, someone who is clever, encyclopedic knowledge, moral discernment, reverence for God (someone who is skilled, someone who is clever, encyclopedic knowledge, moral discernment, reverence for God)

Q: Which type of wisdom articulates traditional generalizations about life and living as God intended, and which Wisdom book exemplifies this type of wisdom?
- pragmatic wisdom; Proverbs (pragmatic wisdom; Proverbs)

Q: Which type of wisdom considers the meaning of life and questions traditional perspectives, and what is one Wisdom book that exemplifies this type of wisdom?
- speculative wisdom; Job or Ecclesiastes (speculative wisdom; Job or Ecclesiastes)

Q: Briefly describe the way that the authors say the proverbs should be interpreted.
- Proverbs do not cover all of life’s questions but rather articulate the tendencies or baselines for living and can be compared to speed-limit signs; some drivers are okay going faster and others may have a wreck going slower, but the best practice is to drive the speed limit (Proverbs do not cover all of life’s questions but rather articulate the tendencies or baselines for living and can be compared to speed-limit signs; some drivers are okay going faster and others may have a wreck going slower, but the best practice is to drive the speed limit)