How to Read Proverbs / [Text] Tremper Longman III.
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TextPublisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 174 pages ; Pb 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0877849420; 9780877849421Subject(s): Bible. Proverbs -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 223.706 LOC classification: BS1465.52 | .L66 2002| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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