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008 040802s2004 pauab b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2004018136
020 _z0836192923 (pbk.)
020 _a9780836192926 (pbk.)
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042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aBS1465.53
_b.M55 2004
082 0 0 _a223/.707
_222
100 1 _aMiller, John W.,
_d1926-
245 1 0 _aProverbs /
_cJohn W. Miller.
260 _aScottdale, Pa. :
_bHerald Press,
_cc2004.
300 _a351 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c22 cm.
440 0 _aBelievers church Bible commentary
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 332-342) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction 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.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pO.T.
_pProverbs
_vCommentaries.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018136.html
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c885
_d885