Does the Wisdom tradition have the same passion for distributive justice as does the Prophetic tradition, or is it a passion for distributive charity? It is clearly against oppressing, ignoring, or refusing society’s vulnerable ones. But is its focus on personal and individual justice rather than on systemic and structural economic justice on earth? Is the Wisdom tradition a radical vision of justice or a liberal vision of charity, and if it is the latter, what if the biblical God is a radical rather than a liberal?
