In Israel's wisdom literature we encounter the dailiness of life in ancient Israel. The focus of this literature is more on the individual and the world of the everyday than what we encounter in the exodus and prophetic traditions. Its central concerns are the eminently practical questions, "How shall I live?" and "What is life about?" ... Introduction Israel's wisdom books are found in the third and final division of the Hebrew Bible: the Writings. This is a miscellaneous collection dating primarily from the postexilic period.  (p. 145) Israel's wisdom literature is very different in content, tone, and form from the Pentateuch and the Prophets. 1.     [U]nlike the rest of the Hebrew Bible, it is not concerned with Israel's sacred story as a people or with the criticism and reshaping of the social order. 2.    Unlike the laws of the Pentateuch, which are said to have come from God, and unlike the prophets, who claim to speak the "Word of the LORD" on God's behalf, Israel's wisdom does not claim to be revealed truth. Proverbs is thus to a large extent " community wisdom." Ecclesiastes and Job, on the other hand, are sustained reflections on experience from the vantage point of their particular authors. Is life as simple as knowing the right things to do and doing them? Does everything work out if you live right? And if life is not so simple but much more mysterious, what does that say about the nature of God, the purpose of life,