[Believers Church Bible Commentary 01] • Proverbs (Believers Church Bible Commentary) by Miller, John W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Contents Series Foreword Author’s Preface Introduction to the Book of Proverbs

A Book of Poems A Book About Wisdom A Manual for Educating Young Men Two Editions: Solomon and Hezekiah The Hezekiah Edition of Proverbs Purpose and Design of the Hezekiah Edition Why the Gender-Specific Focus The Book of Proverbs in the Life of the Church A Note About Translations

Part 1: Introductory Collection, 1:1–9:18

Original Prologue (Solomon Edition), 1:1-7

*Revelation and Reason +Reason and Revelation

Supplemental Poems (Hezekiah Edition), 1:8–3:35

*Parents as Teachers of Wisdom *Youth and Violence *“Wisdom” Interprets the Times *Wisdom “Will Save You from the Adulteress” *Relying on God’s Wisdom *The God of Wisdom *Thinking About the Decalogue +The “Voice” of a Certain Kind of Father +“All Her Paths Are Peace” +Honoring the Lord with Your Wealth

Original Poems (Solomon Edition), 4:1–5:14

*The Supremacy of Wisdom *The Heart as the “Wellspring of Life” +Proverbs and the Arts and Sciences +“Above All Else, Guard Your Heart” +Ancient Wisdom on Monogamous Marriage

Supplemental Poems (Hezekiah Edition), 5:15–7:23

*Faithfulness in Marriage *Marriage in the Bible +Marriage Today

Original Poems (Solomon Edition), 7:24–9:18

*Wisdom in Proverbs in Biblical Tradition (Revisited) +Wisdom in Proverbs in the Church Today (Revisited) +The Possibilities and Limits of Wisdom +Proverbs 8:22-31 and Doctrinal Controversy over the Centuries

Part 2: The Main Collection (Themes), 10:1–22:16

Thematic Index for the Poems of the Main Collection (10:1–22:16) Wisdom: What It Is, Its Value, and How to Get It

*Knowledge-Based Wisdom in Proverbs and Genesis *Knowledge-Based Thought in Job, Ecclesiastes, Jesus, and James +Knowledge-Based Wisdom in the Teaching Mission of the Church +Truth and Consequences

Nationhood: Kings, Courts of Law, Civil Servants

*Creating a Just Society and World +The High Calling of Good Government in the Global Village +The Calling of the Church in Fostering Good Government in the Global Village

Speech: Tongue, Lips, Mouth, and Words

*Speaking the Truth in Love *Let Your “Yes” Be “Yes” *Jesus on the Subject of “Whispering” +Taming the Tongue +Dealing with “Whispering” +Do Not Swear at All

Family: Husbands and Wives, Parents and Children

*“He Who Finds a Wife Finds What Is Good” *Parents and Children +Family Values +Educating Children +What Kind of Discipline Should Be Used?

Economics: Wealth and Poverty

*Economic Reforms *Economic Reforms in the Teachings of Jesus +Wealth and Poverty in the Church +Poverty and Wealth in the World +The Church and Bribery

Personal Relations

*Friendship in the Bible *Personal and Civic Ideals *The Joy of Those Who Promote Peace *Regard for the Needs and Rights of Animals +Friendship in the Believers Churches +Church and the World

Matters of the Heart

*Conflicted and Transformed Hearts +Cure of Souls Through the Centuries +Matters of the Heart Today

Knowledge of the Holy One

*The Birth of Ethical Monotheism *Godly Wisdom in the Bible +A Journey into Immediacy with God +Meister Eckhart: “To Take God Evenly in All Things”

Part 3: Supplemental Collections, 22:17–31:31

“Words of the Wise,” 22:17–24:22 (Hezekiah Edition)

*Implementing Justice *Becoming Responsible, God-Fearing, Law-Abiding Citizens +Egypt and the Bible +Teaching These Values Today

“Also Words of the Wise,” 24:23-44 (Hezekiah Edition)

*Proverbs and Jesus +Cultivating Civic and Domestic Virtues

“Also Proverbs of Solomon,” 25:1–27:27 (Hezekiah Edition)

*Secular Wisdom *Metaphorical Truth *The Bible on Treating Enemies Humanely +The Church Treating Enemies Humanely +The State Treating Enemies Humanely +The Universality of Wisdom

Hezekiah Reform Manual, 28:1–29:27 (Hezekiah Edition)

*God’s Kingdom *The Need for Divine Revelation +Nation Building +A Man’s Pride Brings Him Low

“Words of Agur Son of Jakeh,” 30:1-33 (Hezekiah Edition)

*Agur and Jesus +Bearing Witness to the Holy One in a Scientific Age

Later Additions, 31:1-31

*Two Portraits of Women *“Charm Is Deceptive, and Beauty Is Fleeting” *A Mother’s Advice for Her Son About Women and Beer +Caring for the Sick and Dying +Finding a Wife and Building a Home—Then and Now

Outline of Proverbs Essays

A Distinctive Approach to the Book of Proverbs Genre Issues in Proverbs “Heart” in Proverbs Hebrew and Greek Texts Hezekiah Reform Literature Identity of the Foreign Seductress Middle Poems of the Main Collection Modern Study of the Book of Proverbs Personification of “Wisdom” in Proverbs Proverbs and the Birth of Ethical Monotheism Solomon Edition of Proverbs Translation Issues in Proverbs Wisdom in Proverbs in Biblical Tradition Words for Wisdom and Folly in Proverbs

Map of Old Testament World Bibliography of Works Cited Selected Resources Index of Ancient Sources The Author

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