TY - BOOK AU - Weeks,Stuart ED - Oxford University Press. TI - Instruction and imagery in Proverbs 1-9 SN - 0199291543 AV - BS1465.52.I578 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Proverbs I-IX KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible. O.T. Proverbs I-IX KW - Bible. O.T. Proverbs KW - Religion KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 230.-245) and index; 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; 2 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=215242 ER -