Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Proverbs

Commentaries

• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs (Clark, 1908) - by C.H. Toy

Introduction

• The Wisdom Literature of the Bible: The Book of Proverbs - by F. F. Bruce, The Bible Student ns 22.2 (April 1951) 76–77
• The Wisdom Literature of the Bible: The Book of Proverbs (continued) - by F. F. Bruce, The Bible Student ns 22.3 (July 1951) 116–118
• The Wisdom Literature of the Bible: The Book of Proverbs (continued) - by F. F. Bruce, The Bible Student ns 23.1 (January 1952) 5–8

Proverbs 1–9

• Wisdom as Parental Teaching in Proverbs 1–9 - by A. Moss, The Heythrop Journal 38.4 (1997) 426–439; abstract with full text options

Proverbs 1

• Proverbs 1:8–19,20–33 as "Introduction" - by Scott L. Harris, Revue Biblique 107.2 (2000); abstract

Proverbs 8

• A Typology of Personified Wisdom Hymns - by Nozomi Miura, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2004)
• Lady Wisdom as the Created Co-Creator in Syriac Proverbs 8:22–31 - by Alan Moss, Australian EJournal of Theology (2003)
• Nursling, Advisor, Architect? אמון and the Role of Wisdom in Proverbs 8,22–31 - by V. A. Hurowitz, Biblica 80 (1999); full text

Proverbs 9

• «Dame Sagesse» en Proverbs 9: Une personnification féminine? - by Françoise Mies, Revue Biblique 108 (2001) 161–183; abstract
• “White Trash” Wisdom: Proverbs 9 Deconstructed - by Mark Sneed, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7.5 (2007)

Proverbs 22

• Proverbs 22:6a: Train Up a Child? - by Theodore A. Hildebrandt, Grace Theological Journal 9.1 (Spring 1998) 3–19

Proverbs 23

• Proverbs 23:7 — “To Think” or “To Serve Food’? - by Kenneth L. Barker, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 19 (1989) 3–8

Proverbs 24

• An Often Overlooked Alphabetic Acrostic in Proverbs 24: 1–22 - by Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, Revue Biblique 107.4 (2000); abstract

Proverbs 31

• A mosadi reading of Prov 31:10–31 - by Madipoane Masenya, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 6 (1999)

Composition

• Proverbs 1–9 as a Solomonic Composition - by Andrew E. Steinmann, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43 (2000) 659–674

Family Structures

• A Rejoinder to A. Brenner, "Regulating 'Sons' and 'Daughters' in the Torah and in Proverbs: Some Preliminary Insights" - by Francis Landy, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5.11 (2005)
• Regulating 'Sons' and 'Daughters' in the Torah and in Proverbs: Some Preliminary Insights - by Athalya Brenner, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5.10 (2005)

Gender Issues

• The Social Context of the "Outsider Woman" in Proverbs 1–9 - by J. Blenkinsopp, Biblica 79 (1991); abstract

History of Interpretation

• Old Testament Proverbs Studies in the 1990s - by Knut Holter, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 6 (1999)

Septuagint Version

• The Translator(s) of the Septuagint of Proverbs - by Johann Cook, TC 7 (2002)

Theology

• Can the Book of Proverbs Be a Player in "Biblical Theology"? - by Roland E. Murphy, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2001)

Transnational Aspects

• Biblical and African wisdom in Proverbs - by Friedemann W. Golka, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 6 (1999)

Book Reviews

• Cook, Johann, The Septuagint of Proverbs: Jewish and/or Hellenistic Proverbs? Concerning the Hellenistic Colouring of LXX Proverbs (Brill, 1997) - reviewed by Claude Cox, TC 3 (1998)
• Dell, Katharine, The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
  • Reviewed by Dorothy Akoto, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
  • Reviewed by Magne Saebø, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Fontaine, Carole R., Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs, and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (Sheffield, 2002) - reviewed by Christine Roy Yoder, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Fox, Michael V., Proverbs 1–9: A Commentary (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2000)
  • "Reviewed" by Michael V. Fox (Fox describes the approach to Proverbs taken in the commentary)
  • Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (October 2004)
• Kim, Seenam, The Coherence of the Collections in the Book of Proverbs (Pickwick, 2007)
  • Reviewed by Johann Cook, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
  • Reviewed by Jutta Krispenz, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Lelièvre, André, and Alphonse Maillot,Commentaire des Proverbes III: Chapitres 1–9 (Lectio divina, Commentaires 8. Paris: Cerf, 2000) - reviewed by Chris A. Rollston, Review of Biblical Literature
• Longman, Tremper, III, Proverbs (Baker, 2006)
  • Reviewed by Katharine Dell, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
  • Reviewed by Timothy J. Sandoval, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Miller, John M., Proverbs (Believer's Church Bible Commentary; Herald, 2004), reviewed by Gregory Glazov, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Pinto, Sebastiano, “Ascolta figlio”: Autorità e antropologia dell’insegnamento in Proverbi 1–9 (Città Nuova, 2006) - reviewed by Paul Sanders, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Sandoval, Timothy J., The Discourse of Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Chronicles (Brill, 2005) - reviewed by James Loader, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Schroer, Silvia, Wisdom Has Built Her House: The Figure of Sophia in the Bible (Glazier, 2000) - reviewed by Mary E. Shields, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
• Tauberschmidt, Gerhard, Secondary Parallelism: A Study of Translation Technique in LXX Proverbs (SBL/Brill, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Anna Soumeka, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Michael V. Fox, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Waltke, Bruce K., The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1–15 (NICOT; Eerdmans, 2004) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2007)
• Waltke, Bruce K., The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15–31 (NICOT; Eerdmans, 2005) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2007)
• Witek, Bernard, Dio E I Suoi Figli: Analisi retorica della Prima Raccolta Salomonica (Pr 10,1–22, 16) (Editrice Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, 2005) - reviewed by James West, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)