The 'Foreignness' of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9

by Tan, Nancy Nam Hoon

• ISBN13: 9783110200638
• ISBN10: 3110200635
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: De Gruyter

Summary

She is that seductive woman to be feared, who leads one to utter destruction, and has often been translated as 'the adulteress' and 'the strange woman' in Proverbs 1-9. However, the Hebrew explicitly refers to her as a 'foreign woman' and a 'strange woman'. This book argues against the former translation and identifies a motif of the 'foreign woman' within the Hebrew scripture where she originates. It also continues to trace how this motif develops after she leaves Proverbs 1-9 to the later Jewish wisdom literature.

Table of Contents

Interpretations of the "Foreignness" of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Survey of the Scholarly Literature	p. 3
Reclaiming the "Foreignness" of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9	p. 13
"Foreignness" and the "Foreign Wives" in Early Post-Exilic Texts	p. 44
The Problem of "Foreign Wives" in Ezra	p. 44
The Problem of "Foreign Wives" in Nehemiah	p. 52
The "Foreign Wives" and the Deuteronomic Prohibitions	p. 55
The Problem of "Foreign Wives" in Malachi	p. 59
Chapter Conclusion	p. 63
The Motif of "Foreign Wives" in Deuteronomistic Literature	p. 65
Queen Jezebel, the Archetypal "Foreign Wife"	p. 65
"Foreign Wives" and the Bad Judahite Kings	p. 72
Chapter Conclusion	p. 79
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9	p. 81
Introduction to Proverbs 1-9	p. 82
Passages Concerning the Foreign Woman	p. 84
Direct References to the Motif of the Foreign Woman in Other Wisdom Literature	p. 106
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in the Wisdom Literature of the OT	p. 107
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in 4Q184	p. 112
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in Septuagint Proverbs	p. 121
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in the Apocryphal Wisdom Literature	p. 135
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in Ben Sira	p. 135
The Motif of the Foreign Woman in the Wisdom of Solomon	p. 154
Appendix: Other Foreign Women and Intermarriages in the OT	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 183
Index of Subjects	p. 203
Index of Authors	p. 207
Index of Biblical References	p. 211
Index of Non-Biblical References	p. 223
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