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a false opposition

English translation: the two are not really opposed to each other

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English term or phrase:a false opposition
Selected answer:the two are not really opposed to each other
Entered by: Ana Juliá

09:38 Mar 4, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / About the book of Proverbs
English term or phrase: a false opposition
It is sometimes said that the Wisdom Literature is separate from the rest of the OT, lacking an interest in God’s choice of Israel and his overarching purpose for the nations, the law, the temple and priesthood, and sacred history. Wisdom Literature, it is said, is more about living in the creation than it is about God’s work of redemption. This is ***a false opposition*** for several reasons.
First, the OT presents God’s redemption as restoring the damaged creature, man, to his proper functioning (as set out in the creation narrative of Genesis). This covenant given through Moses does not specify all of God’s rules; its purpose is to set out the constitution of the theocracy, to give general moral guidance, and to provide a system by which God’s people can know his forgiveness. Some principles like those in Proverbs can be discerned by wise observation of God’s world, and not all of the worthy observers come from Israel (see note on Prov. 31:1–9). Second, the wisdom psalms take wisdom themes and make them a part of Israel’s hymnody (and thus of its public worship). Third, Proverbs bases its instruction on the fear of the Lord (1:7, using the special covenantal name of God), implying that its audience is the covenant people (cf. Deut. 6:2, 24; 10:12). Fourth, as the notes will show, Proverbs has plenty of connections to the law: e.g., cf. Proverbs 11:1 to Deuteronomy 25:13–16; and see Proverbs 29:18 for a positive assessment of both prophetic vision and the Law of Moses.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 06:02
the two are not really opposed to each other
Explanation:
The text is saying that the claim that "Wisdom Literature" is concerned with "living in the creation" rather than "God’s work of redemption", the latter being the concern of the OT, is wrong because the two concerns are not opposed to each other and, in fact, coexist. The argument based on claiming they are opposed is, therefore, flawed.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:02
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6the two are not really opposed to each other
B D Finch
4 +1an argument based on flawed logic
Andrew Bramhall
4 -1full of contradictions
Yasutomo Kanazawa


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
an argument based on flawed logic


Explanation:
...is the straightforward meaning of " a false opposition" your text then goes on to outline precisely why it is considered false;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  acetran
2 days 18 hrs
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
full of contradictions


Explanation:
Wisdom literature contains full of contradictions, and they are stated in the second paragraph.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: you'd need a truckload of poetic licence to interpret it that way, and even then .... most would think that on the contrary there isn't really any (contradiction)
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the two are not really opposed to each other


Explanation:
The text is saying that the claim that "Wisdom Literature" is concerned with "living in the creation" rather than "God’s work of redemption", the latter being the concern of the OT, is wrong because the two concerns are not opposed to each other and, in fact, coexist. The argument based on claiming they are opposed is, therefore, flawed.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Exactly. I think it means that the opposition between "living in the creation" and "God's work of redemption" is false, and consequently the corresponding opposition bewteen Proverbs and the rest of the OT is also false.
0 min
  -> Thanks Charles. Yes.
agree  Robert Forstag
28 mins
  -> Thanks Robert
agree  Daryo: it's a "fake" opposition // there isn't any
1 hr
  -> Thanks Daryo
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
  -> Thanks Gallagy
agree  philgoddard
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  Harry Crawford
3 days 15 hrs
  -> Thanks Harry
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