Be Wise, My Son, and Make My Heart Glad : : An Exploration of the Courtly Nature of the Book of Proverbs / / Christopher B. Ansberry.

The social and intellectual context of the material in the book of Proverbs has given rise to several proposals concerning the nature of the constituent compendia within the document as well as the function of the discourse as a whole. In light of the problems inherent in an investigation of the nat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 422
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgement
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Nature of Ancient Near Eastern Instructional Texts
  • Chapter 3. The Value of Wisdom: Proverbs 1–9
  • Chapter 4. Rudimentary Wisdom: Proverbs 10–24
  • Chapter 5. Advanced Wisdom: Proverbs 25–29
  • Chapter 6. Applied Wisdom: Proverbs 30–31
  • Chapter 7. The Courtly Nature of the Book of Proverbs
  • Backmatter