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November 8, 2010
Estes, "Proverbs"
- p. 219: definition and properties of proverbs.
- Wisdom divides into "spaiental, moral, relgious" dimension in religious culture of Judaism.
- Judaic belief in natural order. p. 222
- Values expressed in Proverbs
- Cheerfulness
- Contentment
- Decisions
- Diligence -- 20:5
- Friendship --
- Generosity
- Humility
- Kindness
- Parenting
- Purity
- Righteousness
- Truthfulness
- Note the connection and contrast of these themes with some of the other traditions we have looked at.
Proverbs
- Divides, rhetorically at Book 10. First 10 books seem like instruction (Estes). Note misogyny. Women are temptresses.
- Look at Proverb form: from Estes: contrast, enigmatic, compresses, pith, uses analogy, understood to be generalizations.
- analogies and similes: 26:7ff (also literary convention in Illiad)
- Themes
- Wise lead orderly lives in fear of the Lord and they proper because of it.
- Attitude of the wise is consistent and cheerful, even in the face of poverty. 15:15-17, also 19:1
- Proverbs offer integration of behavioral norms we should hold ourselves to with a vertical and transcendent moral order.
- Could we write proverbs for our time?
