Proverbs 1-9

by FOX, MICHAEL V.

• ISBN13: 9780385264372
• ISBN10: 0385264372
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Anchor Bible

Summary

A narration of the ever new story of the life of Jesus Christ. First published in 1949, this classic has been read by millions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Preface	xiii
Recent Books	xiii
Translations	xiii
Using This Commentary	xiii
Transliteration	xiv
A Practical Pronunciation Guide	xiv
Principal Abbreviations, Terms, and Sigla	xv
INTRODUCTION	1	(50)
Introduction to the Book of Proverbs	3	(25)
On Reading Proverbs	3	(1)
Place in the Canon	4	(1)
The Divisions of Proverbs	4	(1)
Text	5	(1)
Dating	6	(1)
The Authors and Their Social Setting	6	(6)
Commentaries Used	12	(2)
Terms and Definitions	14	(1)
Translation	15	(2)
Wisdom Literature: A Survey	17	(11)
Words for Wisdom and Folly in Proverbs	28	(16)
Words for Wisdom	29	(9)
Words for Folly	38	(6)
Introduction to Part I, Proverbs 1--9	44	(7)
The Components of Proverbs 1--9	44	(3)
Masoretic Divisions (Pisqa'ot)	47	(1)
The Dating of Proverbs 1--9	48	(3)
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY	51	(268)
Part I: Proverbs 1--9	53	(25)
The Prologue (1:1--7)	53	(1)
Translation	53	(1)
Commentary	53	(25)
The Masal	54	(2)
Solomon and the Title of Proverbs	56	(9)
Are There Enigmas in Proverbs?	65	(4)
The Fear of God	69	(2)
Prologues to Wisdom Books	71	(7)
Lecture I. Avoid Gangs (1:8--19)	78	(17)
Translation	78	(1)
Commentary	79	(16)
Fathers as Teachers	80	(2)
Mothers as Teachers	82	(1)
Ornament Imagery in Proverbs	83	(8)
The ``Deed-Consequence Nexus''	91	(1)
The Design of Lecture I	92	(1)
The Audience	92	(1)
The Gang	93	(2)
Interlude A. Wisdom's Warning (1:20--33)	95	(11)
Translation	95	(1)
Commentary	96	(10)
The Design of Interlude A	103	(1)
Interlude A and Jeremiah	104	(1)
The Message of Interlude A	105	(1)
Lecture II. The Path to Wisdom (2:1--22)	106	(35)
Translation	106	(1)
Commentary	107	(34)
Knowledge of God and Fear of God	111	(6)
The Wicked Man	117	(8)
The Design of Lecture II	125	(2)
The Redaction History of Proverbs 2	127	(1)
Paths through Life	128	(3)
The Idea of Education in Lecture II	131	(3)
Who Is the ``Strange Woman''?	134	(7)
Lecture III. The Wisdom of Piety (3:1--12)	141	(14)
Translation	141	(1)
Commentary	142	(13)
The Design of Lecture III	153	(1)
Piety and Wisdom	154	(1)
Interlude B. In Praise of Wisdom (3:13--20)	155	(7)
Translation	155	(1)
Commentary	156	(6)
The Design of Interlude B	160	(1)
The Message of Interlude B	160	(1)
The Macarism ('asrey)	161	(1)
Lecture IV. The Wisdom of Honesty (3:21--35)	162	(9)
Translation	162	(1)
Commentary	163	(8)
The Design of Lecture IV	169	(1)
Chapter 3 as a Whole	170	(1)
Lecture V. Loving Wisdom, Hating Evil (4:1--9)	171	(7)
Translation	171	(1)
Commentary	172	(6)
The Design of Lecture V	176	(1)
The Message of Lecture V	176	(2)
Lecture VI. The Right Path (4:10--19)	178	(6)
Translation	178	(1)
Commentary	179	(5)
The Design of Lecture VI	183	(1)
The Message of Lecture VI	183	(1)
Lecture VII. The Straight Path (4:20--27)	184	(5)
Translation	184	(1)
Commentary	184	(5)
The Design of Lecture VII	188	(1)
Lecture VIII. Another Man's Wife and One's Own (5:1--23)	189	(21)
Translation	189	(1)
Commentary	190	(20)
The Design of Lecture VIII	205	(1)
The Listener in the Text	206	(1)
Marital Fidelity	207	(2)
Allegory in Lecture VIII?	209	(1)
Interlude C. Four Epigrams on Folly and Evil (6:1--19)	210	(17)
Translation	210	(1)
Commentary	211	(16)
Epigram i: Loan Guarantees	211	(3)
The Design and Purpose of Epigram i	214	(2)
Epigram ii: Sloth and Industry	216	(2)
The Design and Purpose of Epigram ii	218	(1)
Epigram iii: The Good-for-Nothing	219	(3)
The Design and Purpose of Epigram iii	222	(1)
The Composition of Epigram iii	222	(1)
Epigram iv: What the Lord Loathes	222	(2)
The Design and Purpose of Epigram iv	224	(1)
The Composition of Epigram iv	224	(1)
The History and Composition of Interlude C	225	(2)
Lecture IX. Adultery Kills (6:20--35)	227	(10)
Translation	227	(1)
Commentary	228	(9)
The Design of Lecture IX	236	(1)
The Message of Lecture IX	237	(1)
Lecture X. Beware the Seductress (7:1--27)	237	(26)
Translation	237	(2)
Commentary	239	(24)
The Design of Lecture X	251	(1)
The Form of Lecture X	252	(1)
The Strange Woman	252	(11)
Interlude D. Wisdom's Self-Praise (8:1--36)	263	(32)
Translation	263	(2)
Commentary	265	(30)
Reciprocal Love in Proverbs	275	(1)
Seeking and Studying	276	(15)
The Design of Interlude D	291	(1)
The Purpose of Interlude D	292	(1)
Personified Wisdom in Proverbs 8	293	(2)
Interlude E. Two Banquets (9:1--18)	295	(24)
Translation	295	(1)
Commentary	296	(23)
The Design of Interlude E	303	(1)
The Background of the Two Banquets	303	(2)
Life as a Banquet	305	(4)
Who Can Learn, and How? A Debate in Ancient Pedagogy	309	(10)
ESSAYS AND TEXTUAL NOTES ON PROVERBS 1--9	319	(41)
Essays on Proverbs 1--9	321	(39)
Essay 1. The Formation of Proverbs 1--9	322	(9)
The Lectures and Prologue	324	(2)
The Interludes	326	(3)
Minor Insertions	329	(1)
Septuagintal Pluses	330	(1)
Essay 2. The Origins of Personified Wisdom	331	(15)
Literary Precedents	331	(2)
Models for Wisdom	333	(9)
Social and Historical Setting	342	(4)
Ideas of Wisdom: Introduction to Essays 3 and 4	346	(1)
Essay 3. Wisdom in the Lectures	347	(5)
What Is Wisdom?	347	(1)
How Wisdom Is Taught	348	(4)
Essay 4. Wisdom in the Interludes	352	(8)
What Is Wisdom?	352	(4)
Persona and Personality	356	(1)
Where Can Wisdom Be Heard?	357	(2)
The Voices Together	359	(1)
TEXTUAL NOTES ON PROVERBS 1--9	360	(65)
The Textual Traditions	360	(7)
Hebrew	360	(1)
Septuagint	361	(4)
Peshitta	365	(1)
Targum	365	(1)
Vulgate	366	(1)
Comments	367	(58)
The Strange Woman in the Septuagint	376	(27)
The Strange Woman in Proverbs 7	403	(15)
Addition 1. 9:12a--12c	418	(4)
Addition 2. 9:18a--18d	422	(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	425
Egyptian Sources	427
Mesopotamian Sources	428
Traditional Jewish Exegesis	429
Modern Scholarship	431