Instruction and imagery in Proverbs 1-9 / Stuart Weeks. [print]

By: Weeks, Stuart [author]Contributor(s): Oxford University Press Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2007. Description: 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0199291543; 9780199291540; 9780191537615; 0191537616Uniform titles: Bible. O.T. Proverbs I-IX. English. Weeks. 2007. Subject(s): Bible. O.T. Proverbs I-IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. O.T. Proverbs I-IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. O.T. Proverbs | ReligionGenre/Form: Electronic books. LOC classification: BS1465.52.I578 2007BS1465.52.W396.I578 2007Online resources: electronic resource; click here to access EBSCOhost COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Contents:

Introduction The instruction in the ancient Near East Proverbs 1-9 as an instruction Themes and imagery in Proverbs 1-9 Wisdom and the character of instruction The 'foreign woman' and the path imagery The significance of Proverbs 1-9 Annotated translation.

Summary: This is a detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work and an example of Wisdom literature. The author shows that certain parts of it, profoundly influential on the development of both Judaism and Christianity, belong to a much broader and more intricate set of ideas than older scholarship allowed.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	BS1465.52.W44 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001484977

This is a detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work and an example of Wisdom literature. The author shows that certain parts of it, profoundly influential on the development of both Judaism and Christianity, belong to a much broader and more intricate set of ideas than older scholarship allowed.

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