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Introduction | |
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The Early Proverbial Wisdom of Israel | |
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History of Research | |
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Proverbial Statements | |
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Proverbs of Observation and Experience | |
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Observations about People | |
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Contrasts | |
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The Human Being and Its Social Standing, Work, and Possessions | |
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The Human Being in Community and Family | |
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The Human Being in Public Life | |
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The King | |
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The Messenger | |
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Summary | |
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Proverbs about Human Character | |
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Form | |
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The Relationship of the Proverbs to Old Testament Laws | |
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Types of Character That Endanger the Community | |
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Characterization of Behavior | |
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Characterization of the Fool by Comparison | |
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Characterization of the One Who Promotes the Community | |
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Conclusion | |
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Proverbs of Antithesis: The Foolish-The Wise | |
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Originally Double-Verse Proverbs and Those Editorially Constructed | |
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Proverbs Dealing Exclusively with the Foolish and the Wise | |
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The Wisdom of the Wise in Transition | |
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Comparisons | |
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The Content of the Comparisons | |
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The Form of the Comparisons | |
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The Uniqueness of the Comparisons Exemplified | |
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Proverbs of Value Judgment (Comparative Proverbs) | |
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Numerical Proverbs: Commendations and Riddles | |
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Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked | |
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Basic Fourfold Thematic Structure | |
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Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked in Chapters 25--29 | |
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What Happens between the Righteous and the Wicked | |
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The Righteous and the Wicked in the Psalms and Job | |
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Comparisons in the Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked | |
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Summary | |
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Hortatory Proverbs (Imperative Sayings) | |
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Two Types of Hortatory Proverbs | |
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The Introduction in 22:17-21: The Summons to Listen | |
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Exhortations concerning Instruction | |
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General Exhortations | |
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The Structure of 22:17-24:24 and Its Correspondence to the Teaching of Amenemope | |
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Hortatory Words in Chapters 22--24: Summary | |
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Scattered Proverbs in Chapters 22--24 | |
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Hortatory Proverbs outside of 22:17-24:24 | |
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The Farewell Exhortation in Tobit 4:3-19 | |
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Poetry in the Book of Proverbs | |
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Proverbs in the Old Testament Outside of Proverbs 10--31 | |
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Proverbs in Proverbs 1--9 | |
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Individual Proverbs in Qohelet | |
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Proverbs in the Historical and Prophetic Books | |
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Wisdom Sayings in the Psalms | |
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Wisdom in the Book of Job | |
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The Change From Proverbial Wisdom to Didactic Poetry | |
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A Form-Critical Sketch of Wisdom | |
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Wisdom Proverbs as Words of Jesus | |
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Rudolf Bultmann | |
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Max Kuchler | |
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W. A. Beardslee | |
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Summary | |
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A Sketch of a Grouping of Proverbs in the Gospels | |
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God and Humanity in Early Proverbial Wisdom | |
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The Understanding of Humanity in Proverbial Wisdom | |
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The Human Being; the Creature | |
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The Human Being as a Creature among Creatures; the Environment | |
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The Fruit of the Garden; Provisions | |
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Work and Its Yield | |
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The Human Being in Community | |
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Discourse | |
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The Work of God in Early Wisdom | |
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Yahweh as the Creator of Humanity | |
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God and His Work as the Limitation of Human Possibilities | |
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God Chastises and Forgives in Mercy | |
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Proverbs of Antithesis: God's Dealing with the Righteous and the Wicked | |
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The Fear of Yahweh | |
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Summary | |
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Wisdom and Theology | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Significance of the Universal Aspects of the Proverbs | |
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Humanity Comes of Age | |
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Wisdom, Science, and Philosophy | |
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Time and Place | |
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Science and Wisdom | |
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Wisdom and Philosophy | |
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (Luther's Translation): Humanity in Its Temporality | |
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Appendix | |
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Comparisons with Proverbial Sayings from Other Times and Places | |
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African Proverbs | |
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Hortatory Words of Tobatak of Sumatra | |
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Form and Scope of Sumerian Proverbs | |
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The Teaching of Amenemope | |
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The Instruction of Onch-Sheshonqy | |
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Conclusion | |
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Epilogue | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Notes | |
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A Select Chronological Bibliography | |