Proverbs [electronic resource] : a Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition.
Publication details: Kansas City : Nazarene Publishing House, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780834135796
- 0834135795
- 223.707
- BS1465.53.H37 2015
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Cover Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Table of Sidebars; INTRODUCTION; A. Composition and Importance of the Book of Proverbs; 1. The Structure of the Book of Proverbs; 2. The Compilation of the Book of Proverbs; 3. The Authority of the Book of Proverbs; 4. The Value of the Book of Proverbs for Christians; B. Characteristics of Hebrew Poetry in Proverbs; 1. Main Types of Parallelism; a. Affirming; b. Opposing; c. Advancing; 2. Chiasm; 3. Other Characteristics.
A. Implied Words or Conceptsb. Play on Sounds of Words; c. Use of Metaphors; C. Theological Themes; 1. Wisdom; 2. Characteristics of Proverbial Sayings; 3. Retribution; 4. Speech; 5. Valuing Marriage; 6. Wealth and Poverty; 7. Jesus and Proverbs; a. Jesus the Sage; b. Jesus the Wisdom of God; COMMENTARY; I.A Collection of Wisdom Instructions (1:1-9:18); A. Title, Prologue, and Motto (1:1-7); 1. Title (1:1); 2. Prologue (1:2-6); 3. Motto (1:7); B. Instructions in Wisdom (1:8-9:18); 1. Instruction: Invitation from Sinners and Woman Wisdom's Calling (1:8- 33); a. Introduction (1:8-9).
B. Counsel to Reject the Call of Sinners (1:10-19)c. The Urgency of Accepting the Call of Woman Wisdom (1:20-33); 2. Instruction: Wisdom Gives Understanding and Protection (2:1-22); a. Exhortation to Earnestly Seek Wisdom (2:1-11); b. Wisdom, the Great Protector (2:12-19); c. The Preferred Path and Two Alternatives (2:20-22); 3. Instruction: Trusting and Praising God = Being Blessed (3:1-35); a. Trusting in Yahweh (3:1-12); b. Exalting Wisdom (3:13-20); c. God-given Confidence and a Series of Prohibitions as a Guide to Harmony with Neighbors (3:21-35).
(1) Benefits of Sound Judgment and Discernment (3:21-26)(2) Being a Good Neighbor (3:27-32); (3) Yahweh's Response to the Wise and to Fools (3:33-35); 4. Instruction: My Son, Get Wisdom (4:1-27); a. The Highest Goal: Acquiring Wisdom (4:1-9); b. The Two Paths (4:10-19); c. A Focused Life (4:20-27); 5. Instruction: Shun the Adulterous Woman; Take Delight in Your Wife (5:1-23); a. The Consequences of Consorting with an Adulterous Woman (5:1- 14); b. Taking Delight in One's Wife (5:15-23); 6. Epigrams and Instruction against Adultery (6:1-35); a. A Sapiential Collection (6:1-19).
(1) Freeing Oneself from Serving as Security for Another's Loan (6:1-5)(2) Disparaging Laziness (6:6-11); (3) Traits of a Villain (6:12-15); (4) A Numerical Saying Listing Negative Human Traits (6:16-19); b. The Dangers of Adultery (6:20-35); 7. Instruction: A Portrait of Seduction (7:1-27); a. Exhortation to Keep the Sage's Words (7:1-5); b. A Portrait of Seduction (7:6-23); c. Exhortation against Yielding to a Wayward Woman (7:24-27); 8. Wisdom's Exaltation (8:1-36); a. Wisdom's Role on Earth (8:1-21); b. Wisdom's Origin and Presence at the Creation (8:22-31).
C. Wisdom's Blessings (8:32-36).
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