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Proverbs / John W. Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Believers church Bible commentaryPublication details: Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, c2004.Description: 351 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780836192926 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 223/.707 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1465.53 .M55 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction to the book of Proverbs. A book of poems-- A book about wisdom -- A manual for educating young men -- Two editions : Solomon and Hezekiah -- The Hezekiah edition of Proverbs -- Purpose and design of the Hezekiah edition -- Why the gender-specific focus -- The book of Proverbs in the life of the church -- A note about translations -- Commentary. Part 1: Introductory collection, 1:1-9:18 -- Part 2: The main collection (themes), 10:1-22:17 -- Part 3: Supplemental collections, 22:17-30:33 -- Essays. A distinctive approach to the book of Proverbs -- Genre issues in Proverbs -- "Heart" in Proverbs -- Hebrew and Greek texts -- Hezekiah reform literature -- Identity of the foreign seductress -- Middle poems of the main collection -- Modern study of the book of Proverbs -- Personification of "Wisdom" in Proverbs -- Proverbs and the birth of "ethical monotheism" -- Solomon edition of Proverbs -- Translation issues in Proverbs -- Wisdom in Proverbs in Biblical tradition -- Words for wisdom and folly in Proverbs.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-342) and index.

Introduction to the book of Proverbs. A book of poems-- A book about wisdom -- A manual for educating young men -- Two editions : Solomon and Hezekiah -- The Hezekiah edition of Proverbs -- Purpose and design of the Hezekiah edition -- Why the gender-specific focus -- The book of Proverbs in the life of the church -- A note about translations -- Commentary. Part 1: Introductory collection, 1:1-9:18 -- Part 2: The main collection (themes), 10:1-22:17 -- Part 3: Supplemental collections, 22:17-30:33 -- Essays. A distinctive approach to the book of Proverbs -- Genre issues in Proverbs -- "Heart" in Proverbs -- Hebrew and Greek texts -- Hezekiah reform literature -- Identity of the foreign seductress -- Middle poems of the main collection -- Modern study of the book of Proverbs -- Personification of "Wisdom" in Proverbs -- Proverbs and the birth of "ethical monotheism" -- Solomon edition of Proverbs -- Translation issues in Proverbs -- Wisdom in Proverbs in Biblical tradition -- Words for wisdom and folly in Proverbs.