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Seeking God’s Wisdom in Strange Places

June 14, 2015 by David Parry 4 Comments

The author guidelines for Scholar’s Compass posts advise beginning with “a quotation from Scripture or a Christian writer”. The first quotation above is neither. It is an extract from the Instruction of Amenemope (variously named Amenophis, Amenemopet, or Amen-em-apt), an ancient Egyptian work of uncertain date giving advice of a practical and ethical kind from a father to a son.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, common grace, culture, Scholar's Compass, the antithesis, wisdom, Wisdom literature, Wisdom Literature series

Gates and “Keys” (Scholar’s Compass)

June 11, 2015 by David Parry No Comments

Most days, on my way to the library, I have to pick my way through a narrow passageway between Senate House (the ceremonial headquarters of Cambridge University where degrees are conferred) and Gonville and Caius College, dodging speeding cyclists, tourists stopping to take photos, and long crocodiles of schoolchildren.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: honour, humility, intellectual virtues, Scholar's Compass, virtue, wisdom, Wisdom literature, Wisdom Literature series

Wisdom: Cosmic, Practical and Playful (Scholar’s Compass)

June 9, 2015 by David Parry No Comments

In the first post in this series, I introduced the mysterious figure of Lady Wisdom, a key character in the nine chapters that introduce the book of Proverbs. This figure, gendered as female, stands in the streets and calls the passers-by to feast at her house, eating her bread, drinking her wine, and learning from her to “walk in the way of insight” (Proverbs 9:1-6).

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Dining with Lady Wisdom (Scholar’s Compass)

June 7, 2015 by David Parry 5 Comments

The figure of Lady Wisdom, as depicted in the nine chapters opening the book of Proverbs, is a mysterious one.

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Scholar’s Compass Navigating Wisdom: How I Discovered Wisdom Literature

October 12, 2014 by David Carlson No Comments

David Carlson explores what he learned about the academic life from biblical Wisdom Literature. As a pastor in a university town, he encourages scholars in the pursuit of wisdom, which lets us express biblical truth through observation and conversation.

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