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The Context of Beating the Fool

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This chapter demonstrates that all sin is foolishness and all people are in desperate need of God’s wisdom. This experiential need for wisdom is considered in relation to Adam, Israel, and all people after the fall in the Garden of Eden. Theologically, the cross is about God and his glory in dealing justly with sin—and sin is intimately related to foolishness. Sin is contrary to God who is himself wisdom. If the death of Christ righteously delivers sinners from God’s righteous wrath and judgment against sin, it must provide its beneficiaries with God’s perfect wisdom.

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Wenkel, D.H. (2017). The Context of Beating the Fool. In: Jesus' Crucifixion Beatings and the Book of Proverbs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48270-5_2

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