Proverbs (Old Testament Guides)

✍ Scribed by James D. Martin

Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 106
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This addition to Sheffield's acclaimed Old Testament Guides series introduces students not only to Proverbs but also to the genre of 'wisdom literature' in general (dealing with such questions as the origin and location of 'wisdom' in ancient Israel). Martin discusses the structure of the book of Proverbs as a whole, provides a guided reading to the more or less sustained discourses in chapters 1-9 and to the collections of proverb-type sentences in the remaining chapters, and considers the relationship of Proverbs to other ancient Near Eastern literature. The Guide is completed by essays on 'The Feminine in the Book of Proverbs' and 'Wisdom and Theology'

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
Select List of Commentaries......Page 11
1. Wisdom Literature in Ancient Israel......Page 14
2. Proverbs 1–9......Page 34
3. Two 'Solomonic' Collections of Proverbs......Page 52
4. Appendices to the 'Solomonic' Collections......Page 73
5. The Feminine in the Book of Proverbs......Page 83
6. Wisdom and Theology......Page 92
Index of References......Page 101
Z......Page 106

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