blakerussell
Puritan Board Freshman
Well. Reading through my ESV study bible today, and read a note about the thirty wisdom sayings and how many of them more or less come from Amenemope's writings (an egyptian pharoah I believe).
So I suppose my question has to do with, why did God decide to adopt and adapt a bunch of egyptian wisdom sayingsand then throw them in His canon of scripture?
It's just interesting to me and I would love to hear some more information about this. The section of scripture starts at proverbs 22:17, and what's even more confusing is some commentators (The one I read came from the expositors commentary) say that these sayings do indeed come from amenemope.
Anyhow. It's just wracking my brain a bit.
I have some thoughts on the matter, but I'd like to hear all of you chime in...
So I suppose my question has to do with, why did God decide to adopt and adapt a bunch of egyptian wisdom sayingsand then throw them in His canon of scripture?
It's just interesting to me and I would love to hear some more information about this. The section of scripture starts at proverbs 22:17, and what's even more confusing is some commentators (The one I read came from the expositors commentary) say that these sayings do indeed come from amenemope.
Anyhow. It's just wracking my brain a bit.
I have some thoughts on the matter, but I'd like to hear all of you chime in...