Resources for the Book of Proverbs
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Proverbs at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Book of Proverbs, Wikipedia.
- Book of Proverbs, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- Introduction to the Book of Proverbs, New American Bible.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Proverbs, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Proverbs) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Proverbs in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: Proverbs.
- Biblenotes summary: Proverbs.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Proverbs, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Proverbs, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Proverbs, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Proverbs, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Proverbs, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Wisdom Writings," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- "The Way of the Wise: Studies in the Book of Proverbs," Bob Deffinbaugh, Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Proverbs and Job, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Proverbs, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Proverbs, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Articles and Background:
- "Can the Book of Proverbs be a player in 'Biblical Theology'?" Roland E. Murphy, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2001.
- "Proverbs 1-9 as a Solomonic Composition," Andrew E. Steinmann, JETS, 2000.
- 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.
- Brown, William P.,
"The Didactic Power of Metaphor in the Aphoristic Sayings of Proverbs,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
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.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Clifford, Richard J., S.J.,
"Your Attention Please! Heeding the Proverbs," Journal for the Study
of the Old Testament, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fontaine, Carole R.,
"The Proof of the Pudding: Proverbs and Gender in the Performance Arena,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fox, Michael V.,
"The Rhetoric of Disjointed Proverbs," Journal for the Study of the
Old Testament, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kuntz, J. Kenneth,
"Affirming Less as More: Scholarly Engagements with Aphoristic Rhetoric,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Murphy, Roland E., O.Carm.,
"A Brief Note on Translating Proverbs," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waltke, Bruce K., "Fundamentals for
Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waltke, Bruce K., "Fundamentals for
Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 2," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waltke, Bruce K., "Fundamentals for
Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 3," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waltke, Bruce K., "Fundamentals for
Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 4," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brown, William P.,
"The Didactic Power of Metaphor in the Aphoristic Sayings of Proverbs,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
- Reviews:
- Review: Riad Aziz Kassis, The Book of Proverbs and Arabic Proverbial Works. (Brill, 1999) Reviewed by Andrew E. Steinmann in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Tremper Longman, How to Read Proverbs. InterVarsity, 2002. Review by John C Crutchfield in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2004.
- Review: Carole R Fontaine, Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs and Performance in Biblical Wisdom. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) Review by Christine Roy Yoder in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1-15. Eerdmans, 2004. Review by Eric Ortlund, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Review: John W. Miller, Proverbs. Herald Pres, 2004. Review by Gregory Glazov, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Review: Robert W. Thomson, Hamam Commentary on the Book of Proverbs: Edition of the Armenian text, English Translation, Notes and Introduction. Peeters, 2005. Review by Abraham Terian, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Review: Timothy J. Sandoval, The Discourse of Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs. Brill, 2005. Review by James Loader, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Review: Robert J. Wright, ed., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. InterVarsity Press, 2005. Review by Jutta Krispenz, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: Katharine Dell, The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Review by Magne Sæbø, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Reviews: Tremper Longman III, Proverbs. Baker, 2006. Reviews by Katharine Dell and Timothy J. Sandoval, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007/08.
- Reviews: Seenam Kim, The Coherence of the Collections in the Book of Proverbs. Pickwick, 2007. Reviews by Johann Cook and Jutta Krispenz, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Review: Katharine J. Dell, The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Review by Magne Saebo, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
