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The nineteenth volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series is unique for its detailed uncovering of evidence for two editions of Proverbs, a first in the time of Solomon and a second in support of King Hezekiah's historic religious reforms. In this light heretofore puzzling features of the book's design, purpose and message are clarified and the book's relevance for its time and ours...

teachings of this edition. It is repeated at the heart of the Main Collection in 15:33 but elsewhere only in Psalm 111:10 and Job 28:28 (and there in a truncated form with a different meaning). It carefully reformulates the statement that stood at the forefront of the Solomon Edition [Solomon Edition], which declares (lit.), The beginning [rē’šît] of wisdom [is]: get wisdom (4:7). The key word rē’šît (beginning) in both sentences (1:7a and 4:7a) is best understood as “the temporal starting
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