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How to read Proverbs /
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TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois InterVarsity Press ©2002Description: 174 Pages ; 21 cmISBN: - .
- 0877849420
- 9780877849421
- 223/.706 21
- BS1465.52 .L66 2002
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Summary: Presents a rationale for reading Proverbs, and offers advice on how to read the verses in context, and follow the themes in the book.
pt. 1: 1. Why read Proverbs? -- 2. Walking on the path of life -- 3. Woman wisdom or folly-which will it be? -- 4. What exactly is a proverb-and how does it work? -- 5. Are proverbs always true? -- pt. 2: Reading Proverbs in context -- 6. Did Solomon know Amenemope and Ahiqar? : biblical proverbs and international wisdom -- 7. Proverbs in conversation with Job and Ecclesiastes -- 8. Proverbial wisdom in action : Joseph and Daniel -- 9. Where is God in Proverbs? : Christ, the treasure of God's wisdom -- pt. 3: Following the themes in Proverbs -- 10. How to study themes in Proverbs : money matters -- 11. On loving the right woman -- 12. Wise words, foolish words -- Conclusion : principles for reading the book of Proverbs.
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| 223.706 E79H Hear, my son : | 223.706 L477C Context and meaning in Proverbs 25-27 / | 223.706 L856H How to read Proverbs / | 223.706 L856H How to read Proverbs / | 223.706 M643W Wise king-- royal fool : | 223.706 W527R Roots of wisdom : the oldest proverbs of Israel and other peoples / | 223.706 W527R Roots of wisdom : the oldest proverbs of Israel and other peoples / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-168) and indexes.
pt. 1: 1. Why read Proverbs? -- 2. Walking on the path of life -- 3. Woman wisdom or folly-which will it be? -- 4. What exactly is a proverb-and how does it work? -- 5. Are proverbs always true? -- pt. 2: Reading Proverbs in context -- 6. Did Solomon know Amenemope and Ahiqar? : biblical proverbs and international wisdom -- 7. Proverbs in conversation with Job and Ecclesiastes -- 8. Proverbial wisdom in action : Joseph and Daniel -- 9. Where is God in Proverbs? : Christ, the treasure of God's wisdom -- pt. 3: Following the themes in Proverbs -- 10. How to study themes in Proverbs : money matters -- 11. On loving the right woman -- 12. Wise words, foolish words -- Conclusion : principles for reading the book of Proverbs.
Presents a rationale for reading Proverbs, and offers advice on how to read the verses in context, and follow the themes in the book.
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