Proverbs 8:1-21; 9:4-6
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- Historical References, Commentary and Contemporary
Texts:
- Chapter LXI, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- V.XXIV.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- 1.10, II.1, III.6, III.12, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.13, II.18, III.17, VI.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.XI.3, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- II, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.247)
- I.2, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- III.LIV, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Epistle LXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 253)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 9.
- From the Geneva Notes. Chapter 9
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 9
- From Wesley's Notes. Chapter 9
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 9
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "Wisdom," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- "In the Book of Proverbs, Wisdom is a woman. "The Lord created me at the beginning of his work," she says (Proverbs 8:22). She was there when he made the heaven, the sea, the earth. It was as if he needed a woman's imagination to help him make them, a woman's eye to tell him if he'd made them right, a woman's spirit to measure their beauty by."
- "Wisdom Transformed by Love," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Where Wisdom is Found," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2009. (Proverbs 8) Focus article, "Wisdom Transformed by Love," Thomas S. Hibbs.
- "The Proverbs and the Idea of 'Money'," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Wisdom and Folly," Steven M. Baugh, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- "The Claims of Wisdom in Proverbs 8:1-36," William C. Davis, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- "Wisdom," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- Articles & Background:
- "Nursling, Advisor, Architect? אמון and the Role of Wisdom in Proverbs 8,22-31," V. A. Hurowitz, Biblica 1999.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Van Leeuwen, Raymond C., "Liminality
and Worldview in Proverbs 1-9," Semeia, 1990.
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
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- Fox,
Michael V.,
"Ideas of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1997.
- 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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