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Proverbs 1:20-33
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| Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
 | V.XX.1, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| I.9, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| II.22, IV.23, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| Chapter
VII, Scorpiace, Tertullian
(c. 213) |
| V.3, Philocalia
[anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230) |
| Exegetical Fragments,
(Scroll down to ON PROVERBS.) Hippolytus (c
210). |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Wisdom reproves three kinds
of men, the foolish or simple who err out of ignorance, the mockers
who cannot stand to be taught, and the fools who are drowned in
worldly lusts and hate the knowledge of godliness." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Solomon, having showed how
dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here
declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of
God." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "By wisdom he understands the
wisdom of God revealed to men in his word. And this is said to cry
with a loud voice, to intimate God's earnestness in inviting sinners
to repentance." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Some interpreters regard this
address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom
(compare Lu
11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute
specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here
personified, and represents God." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Proverbs 1:20-33, Pentecost 15,
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "I doubt whether there
would be many teachers who would want to make the claims that Wisdom Woman
has in this passage. The closest parallel is written in John's gospel in
which Jesus Christ is the Word and we are called to hear the Word." |
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Proverbs 1:20-33, Pentecost 15, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly
Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler,
Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
| "In preaching on this passage and
others from Proverbs, one might raise issues of the place of teaching
ethics and values in schools in our time." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"The Wisdom of God: Sophia and Christian Theology," Leo D. Lefebure,
The Christian Century, 1994.
| "Sophia, the personification of Wisdom,
was one of the most powerful religious figures for significant groups in
Judaism and early Christianity, and she figured prominently in the early
church's debates on Christology and trinitarian theology." |
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Fontaine,
Carole,
"Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1985. |
| Fox,
Michael V.,
"Ideas of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1997. |
| Habel,
Norman C.,
"The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Interpretation,
1972. |
| Heim,
David,
"Sophia's Choice: Wisdom and Conversation," The Christian
Century, 1994. |
| Mack,
Burton L.,
"Wisdom Myth and Mytho-logy: An Essay in Understanding a Theological
Tradition," Interpretation,
1970. |
| Macrae,
George W., S.J.,
"The Jewish Background of the Gnostic Sophia Myth," Novum
Testamentum, 1970. |
| McKenzie,
Alyce M.,
"Wisdom as a Resource for Preaching in a Time of War," Journal
for Preachers, 2004. |
| Meehan,
Brenda,
"Orthodox Understandings of Wisdom/Sophia," The Living Pulpit,
2000. |
| Meehan,
Brenda,
"Wisdom/Sophia, Russian Identity, and Western Feminist Theology,"
Cross Currents, 1996. |
| Moore,
Mary Elizabeth Mullino,
"Wisdom, Sophia, and the Fear of Knowing," Religious Education, 1997. |
| Murphy,
Peregrine L.,
"The Evolution of Sophia," The Living Pulpit,
2000. |
| Murphy,
Roland E., O.Carm.,
"Wisdom and Eros in Proverbs 1-9," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1988. |
| Murphy,
Roland E., O.Carm.,
"Wisdom's Song: Proverbs 1:20-33," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1986. |
| Ronan,
Marian,
"Sophia in Struggle," The Living Pulpit, 2000. |
| Skehan,
Patrick W.,
"The Seven Columns of Wisdom's House in Proverbs 1-9," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1947. |
| Steinmann,
Andrew E.,
"Proverbs 1-9 as a Solomonic Composition," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2000. |
| Stiers, Brenda J.,
"Preaching on Wisdom...The Sophia Tradition," The Living Pulpit,
2000. |
| Van Leeuwen, Raymond C.,
"Liminality
and Worldview in Proverbs 1-9," Semeia, 1990. |
| Waltke,
Bruce K.,
"Lady Wisdom as Mediatrix: An Exposition of Proverbs 1:20-33,"
Presbyterion, 1999. |
| Webster,
Jane S.,
"Sophia: Engendering Wisdom in Proverbs, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of
Solomon," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1998. |
| Whybray,
R.N.,
"Some Literary Problems in Proverbs I-IX," Vetus Testamentum,
1966. |
| Yee, Gale
A.,
"'I Have Perfumed My Bed with Myrrh': The Foreign Woman ('iššâ
zārâ) in Proverbs 1-9,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1989. |
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| Reviews:
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Review:
Rolf Schäfer, Die Poesie der Weisen: Dichotomie als Grundstruktur
der Lehr- und Weisheitsgedichte in Proverbien 1-9. (Review is in
English) (Neukirchener Verlag, 1999) Reviewed by William P. Brown in
SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Christine Roy Yoder,
Wisdom as a Woman of Substance: A
Socioeconomic Reading of Proverbs 1 - 9 and 31:10-31. (Walter deGruyter,
2001) Review by Christl Maier in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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