The Composition of the Book of Proverbs
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 1994
173 pages
978-0-567-03887-6 (ISBN)
Description
Who compiled the varied material in the book of Proverbs, and why? Is there any significance in the order in which it has been arranged? These and similar questions about the book have often been discussed in the past, but no agreed conclusions reached. In this study the question of the purpose behind the composition of the book is raised anew. Whybray first discusses each section of Proverbs separately and then enquires into the significance, if any, of the shape of the book as a whole in its final form. Among the chief features of this study are an analysis of redactional layers in chapters 1-9, the comparison of different concepts of wisdom in the book, the question of a theological development in the course of the redactional process and an investigation of the possibility that the numerous short proverbs in chapters 10-29 may have been consciously arranged in meaningful groups.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-03887-6 (9780567038876)
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R. Norman Whybray
The Composition of the Book of Proverbs
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08/2009
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
The late was Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the Univeristy of Hull.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 PROVERBS 1-9
- The Ten Instructions
- The Additions to the Instructions
- A Comparison of the Original Instructions
- The Wisdom Poems
- Proverbs 9
- Proverbs 6.1-19
- The Prologue: Proverbs 1.1-7
- The Composition of Chapters 1-9: Conclusions
- Chapter 2 PROVERBS 10.1-22.16 AND 25-29
- Compositional Criteria
- Compositional Types
- Detailed Analysis
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 3 PROVERBS 22.17-24.34
- Proverbs 22.17-24.22
- Proverbs 24.23-34
- Chapter 4 PROVERBS 30-31
- Proverbs 30.1-14: The 'Words of Agur'
- Proverbs 30.15-33
- Proverbs 31.1-9: The 'Words of King Lemuel'
- Proverbs 31.10-31
- Chapter 5 THE REDACTION OF THE BOOK
- Proverbs 1-9 and 31.10-31: The Framework
- The Intermediate Sections
- Select Bibliography
- Select Index of Subjects and Hebrew Words
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