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Contradiction in the Book of Proverbs - The Deep Waters of Counsel

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Despite the welcome revival of scholarly interest in Biblical Wisdom, the Book of Proverbs remains neglected. It continues to be seen as a disorganised repository of traditional banalities, while Job and Qohelet are viewed as more exciting texts, in revolt against Proverbs' conventional wisdom. Contradiction in the Book of Proverbs argues that this misleading consensus owes more to scholarly presuppositions than to the content of Proverbs; it sees Proverbs as a challenging work, one that aims to provoke a critical appropriation of wisdom and in which diverse sources have been skilfully brought together by a creative final editor to form a complex unity. Many divergences from the Hebrew in the Greek witness to the translator's discomfort with his spikey, provocative original. Peter Hatton challenges many existing scholarly assumptions and calls for a re-evaluation of the role and significance of Proverbs in relation to the other biblical wisdom books and the whole canon.

List of contents

Contents: Proverbs, an undervalued text; How Proverbs was marginalized; Unity and diversity in Proverbs; Provocative contradiction: the acts-consequence 'construct'; Provocative contradiction: the powerful in Qoholet and Proverbs; Provocative contradiction: gifts and bribes in Proverbs; The deep waters of counsel; Recent articles dealing with wisdom literature in JSOT, VT and ZAW; Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Peter Hatton is a Minister in the UK Methodist Church.

Summary

Despite the welcome revival of scholarly interest in Biblical Wisdom, the Book of Proverbs remains neglected. It continues to be seen as a disorganised repository of traditional banalities, while Job and Qohelet are viewed as more exciting texts, in revolt against Proverbs' conventional wisdom. This book argues that this misleading consensus owes m

Product details

Authors Peter Hatton, Hatton Peter
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.06.2021
 
EAN 9781032099606
ISBN 978-1-0-3209960-6
No. of pages 214
Series Society for Old Testament Study
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity

HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Religion and beliefs

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