Each thread must include the following two (2) elements:
Conduct a Google search for “international proverbs” to find lists of proverbs from around the world. Share at least two of your favorite international proverbs
from these lists and the countries/cultures from which they came. Explain why these are your favorite. What drew you to them?
Reflect on the phenomenon of proverbs as they occur in a wide variety of cultures and on how these proverbs help us understand the proverbs of the Bible.
Use the following questions to guide your discussion:
How do proverbs function in a culture?
How are non-biblical proverbs the same as biblical proverbs?
How are non-biblical proverbs different from biblical proverbs?
How does an understanding of non-biblical proverbs help us understand the proverbs of the Bible?
What might this tell us about the origin or human author(s) of the biblical proverbs?
What might this tell us about the collection of proverbs in the Bible?
