Learning from the sages : selected studies on the book of Proverbs /
edited by Roy B. Zuck.
- Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c1995.
- 438 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-413) and indexes.
Part 1: Overview and themes in the book of Proverbs. The book of Proverbs / C. Hassell Bullock -- Introduction to Proverbs / Allen P. Ross -- The book of Proverbs and ancient wisdom literature / Bruce K. Waltke -- The proverbs of ancient Israel / R. B. Y. Scott -- The power of form: a study of biblical proverbs / James G. Williams -- A theology of Proverbs / Roy B. Zuck -- Basic terminology of wisdom, folly, righteousness, and wickedness / Eldon G. Woodcock -- The vocabulary of wealth and poverty in the book of Proverbs / R. N. Whybray -- Filling in the blank: asymmetrical antithetical parallelisms / William E. Mouser, Jr. -- Guidelines for understanding and proclaiming the book of Proverbs / Greg W. Parsons -- Part 2: Exposition of specific passages in the book of Proverbs. Proverbs 1: 1-19 / Allen P. Ross -- Wisdom builds a poem: the architecture of Proverbs 1:20-33 / Phyllis Trible -- Lady Wisdom as mediatrix: an exposition of Proverbs 1:20-33 / Bruce K. Waltke -- Advice to young men: Proverbs 3 / Robert L. Alden -- Beware the seductress: Proverbs 5 / Kenneth T. Aitken -- Avoid the immoral woman: Proverbs 7 / William McKane -- An analysis of Proverbs 8: 22-31 according to style and structure / Gale A. Yee -- Wisdom lists her credentials: Proverbs 8: 22-31 / Kathleen A. Farmer -- "Catchwords" in Proverbs 10:1-22:13 / Roland E. Murphy -- On order and disorder in Proverbs 10:1-24:23 / Duane A. Garrett -- Motivation and antithetic parallelism in Proverbs 10-15 / Ted Hildebrandt -- Righteous and wicked living in Proverbs 10 / Sid S. Buzzell -- Proverbs 22:6 and the training of children / Gleason L. Archer, Jr. -- Proverbs 22:6a: train up a child? / Ted Hildebrandt -- The teaching of Amenemope and its connection with the book of Proverbs / John Ruffle -- Proverbs 25-26 / Sid S. Buzzell -- The fool and the wise in dialogue: Proverbs 26:4-5 / Kenneth G. Hoglund -- A manual for future monarchs: Proverbs 27:23-29:27 / Bruce V. Malchow -- Words of Agur: Proverbs 30:1-33 / David A. Hubbard -- The "words" Lemuel's mother taught him: Proverbs 31 / Kathleen A. Farmer -- Chiasm and symmetry in Proverbs 31 / Murray H. Lichtenstein -- Wisdom as wife: Proverbs 31:10-31 / Thomas P. McCreesh.