proverbs & ecclesiastes

Daniel J. Treier

BrazosPress

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2011 by Daniel J. Treier

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Treier, Daniel J., 1972–

Proverbs & Ecclesiastes / Daniel J. Treier.

p. cm.—(Brazos theological commentary on the Bible)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 978-1-58743-148-7 (cloth)

1. Bible. O.T. Proverbs—Commentaries. 2. Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Title: Proverbs and Eclesiastes.

BS1465.53.T75 2011

223′.707—dc22

2010051565

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Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible

Series Editors

R. R. Reno, General Editor

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

Robert W. Jenson

Center of Theological Inquiry

Princeton, New Jersey

Robert Louis Wilken

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Ephraim Radner

Wycliffe College

Toronto, Ontario

Michael Root

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

Columbia, South Carolina

George Sumner

Wycliffe College

Toronto, Ontario

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