The next several days during my Quiet Time, I plan on working through the 10 exercises presented in Ch. 15 (read purposefully) of the book I am reading and then record my notes here.
I will be reading purpose statements from various passages from books in the Bible, and then determining how the author presents the material (grammatical and literary structure, etc.) to accomplish the purpose. I am also going to try and paraphrase the purpose in my own words as well.Exercise #2 Proverbs 1:1-6
Solomon lays the purpose of his writing up front in the very beginning in fairly simple black and white language, which I like. He says basically the purpose of his writing is to serve as a guide for everyone (young, old, simple minded, etc.) to living life wisely to honor the Lord.
After skimming through the book, it seems like Solomon uses ideological structure (focusing on ideas and concepts) with a father-like instruction feel. He also uses repetition to get his message across such as "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of understanding" and he often opens up his points with a plea of "Listen my son" stressing the importance for the young to take this to ear and learn it now. Solomon wisely writes with very effective short to the point direct quips which is probably why Proverbs is one of the more popular books of the Bible.
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