Nevertheless, a strong search-for-wisdom plotline unfolds, moving from the “thesis” of Proverbs, through the “antitheses” of Job and Ecclesiastes, and culminating in John’s narrative of wisdom incarnate. Bridging Old and New Testaments, we read of a wisdom-quest that begins with the self-assured proverbs of Solomon, takes a detour through the tortured doubts of Ecclesiastes and the unanswered questions of Job, and resolves with the “one greater than Solomon” (Matt 12:42).
