Bible Blitz
Msgr Ed Thompson
And
Deacon Norm Kazyk
With Technical Assistance
Ray Hosler
Wisdom
• @ 100 B.C.
• “Wisdom of Solomon?”
Author
A member of the Jewish Community
of Alexandria, Egypt,
Who, at times, speaks in the person
of Solomon.
Purpose
The edification and encouragement
of Jews suffering persecution,
especially because of Jewish
Apostates. It is an expanded
prayer assuring that the just will be
rewarded, the wicked punished.
(1:1-6)
Some Point Passages
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Ch 1:13-16
Ch 2:10-20
Ch 3:1-6
Ch 6:12-16
Ch 7:7-11
Ch 11:22
God did not create death
Messianic prophecy
Life after death
Lady Wisdom
Prayer for Wisdom
God’s great kindness
Sirach
(Ecclesiasticus)
Author
Jesus, son of Eleazar, son of Sirach
of Jerusalem
Wisdom of the Son of Sirach
Ecclesticus = Church Book
We use in the RCIA
Hebrew - 200-175 B.C. - Greek
Hebrew texts discovered 1886-1900
1931-1956 Masada and Dead Sea
Scrolls
Foreword – Sirach’s Grandson (not
inspired)
Information about the book, the
author, and the translation
Maxims, Sacred Songs – Reflections
about life
Right after Maccabees
Contents
• Maxims
• Sacred Songs
• Reflections about life
Power Points
• Ch 3:2-6, 12-14 Parents’ authority,
Holy Family
• Ch 3:17-18, 28-29, (22C) Young, be
humble
• Ch 24:1-4, 8-12 Jesus personified
wisdom, Christmas season
• Ch 27:4-7, (8C) Speech reveals the
man
• Ch 27:30, 28:7, (24A) Forgive
neighbor
• Ch 35:12-14, (30A) Prayer of a
humble man
The Prophets of Israel
Spoke the word of God in the name
of God.
Listed in order of the length of their
compositions
Major Prophets
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Daniel
Minor Prophets
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Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
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Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Kinds of Prophets
• Professional: Strange bizarre
actions
• False:
Flattered authority,
knew predictions were false. Took
money.
• Vocational:
Received God’s
revelation: authentic.
Isaiah
• Chapters 1-39 attributed to the
prophet.
• Born in approximately 765 B.C.,
well educated, probably from the
upper-class.
Lived in an age which the first
attempt by a nation, Assyria, to
achieve world domination.
He was an advisor to kings and
warned Israel about its sinfulness
and against trusting in alliances
with other with other nations as
opposed to relying on God.
• Ch 1:1-16 Yahweh makes his case
against his people.
He has been called “the Prophet of
the Holiness of God.”
• Ch 6 He received his calling when
he was about 15 years old by a call
from God which filled him with a
sense of the tremendous,
indescribable holiness of God.
• Ch 7:10-14 Expresses hope for
Immanuel: God is with us.
• Ch 9:1-6 Hope again.
• Ch 10:20-22 Destruction of Israel
will take place, but remnant will
survive who are faithful to Yahweh.
Deutero-Isaiah
• Chapters 40-55 which were written
by Disciples of Isaiah and maintain
his teachings.
• The Servant Songs are contained
in this book.
• Ch 42:1-7, Ch 49:1-9, Ch 50:4-9,
Ch 52:13- 53:12
• Some disputes about the Servant’s
identity
– The entire nation of Israel?
– An individual contemporary with the
author?
– A future person who will fulfill the
destiny of Israel?
• Catholic and primitive Christianity
understand this to be the person of
Jesus.
Trito-Isaiah
Chapters 56-66.
Has many authors who are loyal to
the doctrines of Isaiah and adapt
them to their real-life situation.