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Select Bibliography on Proverbs

Commentaries

Aitken, K. T. Proverbs. DBS. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986.

Clifford, Richard. J. Proverbs: A Commentary. OTL. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Cox, D. Proverbs, with an Introduction to Sapiential Books. OTM. Wilmington, Del.: Glazier, 1982.

Delitzsch, F. Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon. Commentary on the Old Testament 6. Reprinted. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982 (orig. 1873).

Farmer, K. A. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. ITC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Fox, Michael V. Proverbs 1–9: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. AB 18A. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Garrett, Duane A. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. NAC 14. Nashville: Broadman, 1993.

Goldingay, John. “Proverbs.” Pages 584–608 in The New Bible Commentary 21st Century Edition. Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994.

Harris, S. L. Proverbs 1–9: A Study of Inner-Biblical Interpretation. SBLDS 150. Atlanta: Scholar’s Press, 1995.

Hubbard, David A. Proverbs. Communicator’s Commentary 15. Dallas: Word, 1989.

Kidner, Derek. The Proverbs: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC 15. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1964.

McKane, William. Proverbs: A New Approach. OTL. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1970.

Meinhold, Arndt. Die Sprüche. 2 volumes. ZBK 16. Zürich: Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 1991.

Murphy, Roland E. Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes and Esther. FOTL. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1981.

______. Proverbs. WBC 22. Nashville: Nelson, 1998.

Murphy, Roland E., and Elizabeth Huwiler. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. NIBCOT, Peabody Mass.: Hendrickson, 1999.

Perdue, Leo G. Proverbs. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000.

Plaut, W. G. The Book of Proverbs: A Commentary. New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1961.

Ross, Allen. P. “Proverbs.” Pages 881–1,134 in volume 5, EBC. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1991.

Scott, R. B. Y. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes. AB 18. New York: Doubleday, 1965.

Toy, C. H. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1899.

Van Leeuwen, Raymond C. “The Book of Proverbs.” Pages 19–264 in volume 5, NIB. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.

Waltke, Bruce. Proverbs. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, forthcoming.

Whybray, R. N. Proverbs. NCBC. Grand Rapids/London: Eerdmans/Marshall Pickering, 1994.

Related Works

Achtemeier, E. Preaching from the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1989.

Alster, B. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collections. 2 volumes. Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 1997.

Alter, R. The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York: Basic Books, 1985.

Atkinson, D. The Message of Proverbs: Wisdom for Life. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1996.

Boström, L. The God of the Sages: The Portrayal of God in the Book of Proverbs. Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell, 1990.

Brown, W. P. Character in Crisis: A Fresh Approach to the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Bryce, G. E. A Legacy of Wisdom: The Egyptian Contribution to the Wisdomdom of Israel. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell Univ. Press; London: Associated Univ. Presses, 1979.

Camp, C. V. Wisdom and the Feminine in the Book of Proverbs. BLS 11. Sheffield: Almond, 1985.

Clements, R. E. Wisdom in Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.

Clifford, R. J. The Wisdom Literature. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.

Crenshaw, J. L. “Education in Ancient Israel.JBL 104 (1985): 601–15.

______. Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Estes, D. J. Hear My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1–9. NSBT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Flavell, L. and R. Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1993.

Fontaine, C. Traditional Sayings in the Old Testament. BLS 5. Sheffield: Almond, 1985.

Foster, R. J. Money, Sex, and Power: The Challenge of the Disciplined Life. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985.

Gammie, J., and L. Perdue, eds. The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1990.

Gill, D. Being Good: Building Moral Character. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.

Golka, F. W. The Leopard’s Spots: Biblical and African Wisdom in Proverbs. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1993.

Habel, N. C. “The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1–9.Int 26/2 (April 1972): 131–57.

Heim, K. M. Like Grapes of Gold Set in Silver: An Interpretation of Proverbial Clusters in Proverbs 10:1–22:6. BZAW 273. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2001.

Hildebrandt, T. A. “Proverb.” Pages 233–54 in Cracking Old Testament Codes: A Guide to Interpreting the Literary Genres of the Old Testament. Ed. D. B. Sandy and R. L. Giese Jr. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995.

______. “Proverbial Pairs: Compositional Units in Proverbs 1–29.JBL 107/2 (1988): 204–24.

Holmgren, F. C. “Barking Dogs Never Bite, Except Now and Then: Proverbs and Job.AThR 61 (1979): 341–53.

Hybels, B. Making Life Work: Putting God’s Wisdom into Action. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.

Jobes, K. H. “Sophia Christology: The Way of Wisdom?” Pages 226–50 in The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke. Ed. J. I. Packer and S. K. Soderlund. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Kalugila, L. The Wise King: Studies in Royal Wisdom as Divine Revelation in the Old Testament and its Environment. CBOT 15. Lund: Liber Läromedel/Gleerup, 1980.

Lambert, W. G. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1996.

Lichtheim, M. Ancient Egyptian Literature. 2 volumes. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1980.

Long, T. Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989.

Longman III, T. How to Read Proverbs. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2002.

Maier, C. C. “Conflicting Attractions: Parental Wisdom and the ‘Strange Woman’ in Proverbs 1–9.” Pages 98–108 in Wisdom and Psalms: A Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second Series). Ed. A. Brenner and C. R. Fontaine. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Marcus, R. “The Tree of Life in Proverbs.JBL 62 (1943): 117–20.

Martin, J. D. Proverbs. OTG. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

McCreesh, T. P. Biblical Sound and Sense: Poetic Sound Patterns in Proverbs 10–29. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991.

McKane, W. “Functions of Language and Objectives of Discourse According to Proverbs, 10–30.” Pages 166–85 in La sagesse de l’Ancien Testament. Ed. M. Gilbert. BETL 51. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 1990.

McKenzie, A. Preaching Proverbs: Wisdom for the Pulpit. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1996.

Melchert, C. F. Wise Teaching: Biblical Wisdom and Educational Ministry. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1998.

Meynet, R. Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric. JSOTSup 256. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Mieder, W. International Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. 2 volumes. New York and London: Garland, 1982, 1990.

______. Proverbs Are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1993.

Mieder, W., and A. Dundes. The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb. New York and London: Garland, 1981.

Morgan, D. F. The Making of Sages: Biblical Wisdom and Contemporary Culture. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 2002.

Murphy, R. E. “The Faces of Wisdom in the Book of Proverbs.” Pages 337–45 in Mélanges bibliques et orientaux en l’honneur de M. Henri Cazelles. Ed. A. Caquot and M. Delcor. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981.

______. “The Kerygma of the Book of Proverbs.Int 20 (1966): 3–14.

______. The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

______. “Wisdom and Eros in Proverbs 1–9.CBQ 50 (1988): 600–603.

Nel, P. J. The Structure and Ethos of the Wisdom Admonitions in Proverbs. BZAW 158. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1982.

Newsom, C. A. “Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom: A Study of Proverbs 1–9.” Pages 142–60 in Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel. Ed. P. L. Day. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.

Niditch, S. Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1996.

Odell Gilchrist, M. “Proverbs 1–9: Instruction or Riddle?Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Biblical Societies 4 (1984): 131–45.

Overland, P. “Did the Sage Draw from the Shema?CBQ 62 (July 2000): 424–40.

Packer, J. I., and S. K. Soderlund, eds. The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Parkinson, R. B. Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Patrick, D., and A. Scult, Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990.

Perry, T. A. Wisdom Literature and the Structure of Proverbs. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1993.

Pritchard, J., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3d ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1969.

von Rad, G. Wisdom in Israel. Nashville: Abingdon, 1972.

Roth, W. M. W. Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form Critical Study. VTSup 13. Leiden: Brill, 1965.

______. “The Numerical Sequence x/x+1 in the Old Testament.VT 12 (1962): 300–311.

Scherer, A. Das Weise Wort und Seine Wirkung: Eine Untersuchung zur Komposition und Redaktion von Proverbia 10, 1–22. WMANT 16. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1999.

Schneider, T. R. The Sharpening of Wisdom: Old Testament Proverbs in Translation. Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1992.

Schroer, S. “Wise and Counseling Women in Ancient Israel: Literary and Historical Ideals of the Personified HOKMA.” Pages 67–84 in A Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature. Ed. A. Brenner. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Schultz, R. L. “Unity or Diversity in Wisdom Theology? A Canonical and Covenantal Perspective.TynBul 48 (1997): 271–306.

Scoralick, R. Einzelspruch und Sammlung. BZAW 232. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

Shupak, N. Where Can Wisdom be Found? OBO 130. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1993.

Skehan, P. W. Studies in Israelite Poetry and Wisdom. CBQMS 1. Washington, D. C.: Catholic Biblical Association, 1971.

Snell, D. Twice-Told Proverbs and the Composition of the Book of Proverbs. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1993.

Taylor, A. The Proverb. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1931.

Van Leeuwen, R. C. Context and Meaning in Proverbs 25–27. SBLDS 96. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988.

______. “Liminality and Worldview in Proverbs 1–9.Semeia 50 (1990): 111–44.

Waltke, B. K. “The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature.BibSac 136 (July–September 1979): 221–38.

______. “Old Testament Interpretation Issues for Big Idea Preaching.” Pages 41–52 in The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching: Connecting the Bible to People. Ed. K. Willhite and S. Gibson. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.

Walton, J. H. Ancient Israelite Literature in its Cultural Context. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Washington, H. C. Wealth and Poverty in the Instruction of Amenemope and the Hebrew Proverbs. SBLDS 142. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994.

Weeks, S. Early Israelite Wisdom. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.

Westermann, C. Roots of Wisdom: The Oldest Proverbs of Israel and Other Peoples. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1995.

Whybray, R. N. The Book of Proverbs: A Survey of Modern Study. HBIS 1. Leiden: Brill, 1995.

______. The Composition of the Book of Proverbs. JSOTSup 168. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994.

______. Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs. JSOTSup 99. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990.

______. “Yahweh Sayings and Their Contexts in Proverbs 10:1–22:16.” Pages 153–65 in La sagesse de l’Ancien Testament. Ed. M. Gilbert. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 1990.

Williams, J. G. Those Who Ponder Proverbs: Aphoristic Thinking and Biblical Literature. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1981.

Winton, A. P. The Proverbs of Jesus: Issues of History and Rhetoric. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1990.

Wilson, J. R. “Biblical Wisdom, Spiritual Formation, and the Virtues.” Pages 297–307 in The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke. Ed. J. I. Packer and S. K. Soderlund. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

______. Gospel Virtues: Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love in Uncertain Times. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.

Witherington, B. III., Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1994.

Zuck, R. B. Learning from the Sages: Selected Studies on the Book of Proverbs. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.

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