
The Theology of the Book of Proverbs
Katharine J. Dell(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-107-51241-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, Katharine Dell offers a guide to the nature and character of the Book of Proverbs. She explores its key messages and major theological themes, notably God as creator and Wisdom as mediator, standing at the center of a profound theological relationship between God and humanity. Dell provides an overview of scholarly evaluations of these writings, which explore its literary forms, subdivisions, content, purpose, and social contexts. Summarizing important modern debates, she also examines the intertextual and canonical relationship of Proverbs to other biblical books, the afterlife of Proverbs in wisdom material from the Apocrypha, Qumran, and the New Testament, and the place of Proverbs in the history of interpretation. Her book will help readers to understand the nature and character of the book of Proverbs. It also enables them to assess its key messages and to see its wider context within the canon of scripture and its relevance within the history of interpretation.
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'... Dell has produced a solid book ... She is to be commended for engaging much of the secondary literature on Proverbs and on the wisdom literature more generally, as it relates to Proverbs. She exposes the reader to most of the current issues that biblical scholars and theologians are debating about Proverbs today. This volume could be used in any seminary or graduate course in biblical theology or the wisdom literature. It could also be used as a supplementary textbook for a graduate course on Proverbs.' Mark Sneed, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and TheologyMore details
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 214 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-51241-2 (9781107512412)
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The Theology of the Book of Proverbs
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Katharine Dell is Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology in the Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow in Divinity at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. An internationally-recognized expert on the wisdom books of the Old Testament, she is the author of volumes on Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature and The Biblical World.
Content
1. Wisdom in Proverbs: The Fountain of Life; 2. Scholarly Evaluations of Proverbs: A Selective Overview; 3. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge: The Theology of Proverbs 1-9; 4. The Theology of the Oldest Proverbial Material; 5. Echoes of Egypt: The Theology of Proverbs 22:17-24:22; 30:1-14; and 31:1-31; 6. Following Life's Path: The Theology of the Book of Proverbs as a Whole; 7. Speaking to a Wider Audience: The Theological Influence of the Book of Proverbs in the Canon; 8. Offering Sagacious Advice: The Ongoing Significance of the Book of Proverbs.