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Proverbs 1–9: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Proverbs 1–9, Bible scholar Michael V. Fox translates and explains the meaning of the first nine chapters of this profound, timeless book, and examines their place in the intellectual history of ancient Israel. This thorough study of Proverbs includes a survey of the collections of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature, as well as innovative and insightful comments. In addition to the...

teachings of earlier sages. The title of a Ramesside text is “The Beginning of the Educational Instruction According to Old Writings,” implying that the maxims were culled from older books. The same notion of authorship appears in the Talmud’s explanation of the composition of Psalms: David wrote them down, incorporating the words of ten “elders” starting with Adam (b. B. Bat. 14b–15a). There is thus no contradiction between the claim of Solomonic authorship in Prov 1:1 and the ascription of various
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