How to Read Proverbs

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How to Read Proverbs (How to Read Series How to Read)
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Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.Everyday we make choices on the path of life. Proverbs are memorable capsules of wisdom, chiseled in words and polished through use by those who have traveled that path ahead of us. But the proverbs of the Bible make a greater claim than “a penny saved is a penny earned.” They are woven into the web of divine revelation, rooted in the “fear of the[Read More]

The Message of Proverbs: Wisdom for Life (Bible Speaks Today)

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The Message of Proverbs (Bible Speaks Today)
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David Atkinson’s commentary wonderfully illumines the ancient cultural and religious background of the discourses and sayings of the Book of Proverbs. He brings the wisdom of Proverbs into conversation with the wisdom of God displayed in Jesus Christ.

Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms

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Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms
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This valuable resource introduces readers to the Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry–Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs–and helps them better understand each book’s overall flow. Estes summarizes some of each book’s key issues, offers an exposition of the book that interacts with major commentaries and recent studies, and concludes with an extensive bibliography. Now in paperback.

Proverbs (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)

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Proverbs (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)
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Proverbs 1-9 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)

February 26, 2010 by  
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Proverbs 1-9 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)
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In “Proverbs 1-9,” Bible scholar Michael V. Fox translates and explains the meaning of the first nine chapters of this profound, timeless book, and examines their place in the intellectual history of ancient Israel. This thorough study of Proverbs includes a survey of the collections of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature, as well as innovative and insightful comments. In addition to the translation and commentary proper, Fox includes several extended thematic essays on “Proverbs 1-9″, covering such themes as the origins of personified wisdom, what wisdom is, and where wisdom can be heard, plus an appendix of textual notes. The[Read More]

Proverbs 10-31 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)

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Proverbs 10-31 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)
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This volume completes Bible scholar Michael V. Fox’s comprehensive commentary on the book of Proverbs. As in his previous volume on the early chapters of Proverbs, the author here translates and explains in accessible language the meaning and literary qualities of the sayings and poems that comprise the final chapters. He gives special attention to comparable sayings in other wisdom books, particularly from Egypt, and makes extensive use of medieval Hebrew commentaries, which have received scant attention in previous Proverb commentaries. In separate sections set in smaller type, the author addresses technical issues of text and language for interested scholars. The[Read More]

Proverbs 1-9 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)

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Proverbs 1-9 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)
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In “Proverbs 1-9,” Bible scholar Michael V. Fox translates and explains the meaning of the first nine chapters of this profound, timeless book, and examines their place in the intellectual history of ancient Israel. This thorough study of Proverbs includes a survey of the collections of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature, as well as innovative and insightful comments. In addition to the translation and commentary proper, Fox includes several extended thematic essays on “Proverbs 1-9″, covering such themes as the origins of personified wisdom, what wisdom is, and where wisdom can be heard, plus an appendix of textual notes. The[Read More]

Proverbs – Isaiah (Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Revised)

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Proverbs--Isaiah (Expositor's Bible Commentary, The)
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This is a complete revision of the Gold Medallion-winning commentary series. It is up to date in its discussion of theological and critical issues and thoroughly evangelical in its viewpoint.

Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Volume 5)

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Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (The Expositor's Bible Commentary with The New International Version of the Holy Bible, Volume 5)
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Contributors to Volume 5 are: William A. VanGemeren (Psalms), Allen P. Ross (Proverbs), J. Stafford Wright (Ecclesiastes), and Dennis F. Kinlaw (Song of Songs).

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (The New American Commentary)

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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (New American Commentary)
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THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include: * commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION; * the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary; * sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages; * interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole; * readable and applicable exposition.

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