Proverbs 1-9: A Study of Inner-biblical Interpretation

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

SCOTT L. HARRIS, Proverbs 1-9: A Study of Inner-biblical Interpretation (SBLDS 150; Atlanta: Scholars, 1995). Pp. xii + 193. $49.95.

Harris addresses an age-old point of controversy within the field of biblical scholarship, the issue of wisdom influence, that is, the possible connection between wisdom literature and other portions of the Bible. His position is that some portions of Proverbs 1-9 find their roots in Genesis 37 (the Joseph narrative), Jeremiah 7, Jeremiah 20, and Zechariah 7. In this piece, slightly revised from his dissertation of 1988 at the Union Theological Seminary, H. ...

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