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- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative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.4, 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).
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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- "This is the first time that Wisdom, personified as a woman, speaks in the book of Proverbs (see 8:1-36; 9:1-6)."
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- "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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"The Wisdom of God: Sophia and Christian Theology," Leo D. Lefebure,
The Christian Century, 1994.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Clark,
Ronald R., Jr., "Schools, Scholars, and Students: the Wisdom School
Sitz im Leben, and Proverbs,"
Restoration Quarterly,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fontaine,
Carole,
"Proverb Performance in the Hebrew Bible," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fox,
Michael V.,
"Ideas of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Habel,
Norman C.,
"The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Interpretation,
1972.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Heim,
David,
"Sophia's Choice: Wisdom and Conversation," The Christian
Century, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mack,
Burton L.,
"Wisdom Myth and Mytho-logy: An Essay in Understanding a Theological
Tradition," Interpretation,
1970.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Macrae,
George W., S.J.,
"The Jewish Background of the Gnostic Sophia Myth," Novum
Testamentum, 1970.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McKenzie,
Alyce M.,
"Wisdom as a Resource for Preaching in a Time of War," Journal
for Preachers, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meehan,
Brenda,
"Orthodox Understandings of Wisdom/Sophia," The Living Pulpit,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meehan,
Brenda,
"Wisdom/Sophia, Russian Identity, and Western Feminist Theology,"
Cross Currents, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moore,
Mary Elizabeth Mullino,
"Wisdom, Sophia, and the Fear of Knowing," Religious Education, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Murphy,
Peregrine L.,
"The Evolution of Sophia," The Living Pulpit,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Murphy,
Roland E., O.Carm.,
"Wisdom and Eros in Proverbs 1-9," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Murphy,
Roland E., O.Carm.,
"Wisdom's Song: Proverbs 1:20-33," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ronan,
Marian,
"Sophia in Struggle and Celebration," The Living Pulpit, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Skehan,
Patrick W.,
"The Seven Columns of Wisdom's House in Proverbs 1-9," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1947.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Steinmann,
Andrew E.,
"Proverbs 1-9 as a Solomonic Composition," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stiers, Brenda J.,
"Preaching on Wisdom...The Sophia Tradition," The Living Pulpit,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Leeuwen, Raymond C., "Liminality
and Worldview in Proverbs 1-9," Semeia, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waltke,
Bruce K.,
"Lady Wisdom as Mediatrix: An Exposition of Proverbs 1:20-33,"
Presbyterion, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webster,
Jane S.,
"Sophia: Engendering Wisdom in Proverbs, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of
Solomon," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Whybray,
R.N.,
"Some Literary Problems in Proverbs I-IX," Vetus Testamentum,
1966.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yee, Gale
A.,
"'I Have Perfumed My Bed with Myrrh': The Foreign Woman ('i??â
zārâ) in Proverbs 1-9," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Clark,
Ronald R., Jr., "Schools, Scholars, and Students: the Wisdom School
Sitz im Leben, and Proverbs,"
Restoration Quarterly,
2005.
- Reviews:
- 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.
- 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.
- Sermons:
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- Drama:
- "Life's Choices: A Play Based on Eight Characters in Proverbs," Robin Gallaher Branch, Society of Biblical Literature Forum, 2006.
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