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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon: With Introduction, Commentary, and Notes is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume in the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series leads you through a penetrating study of the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon using the biblical text itself and the Church’s own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations...

1:1–7 The prologue or preamble of the book. It identifies the genre of the work (1:1), its main contributor (1:1), its intended purpose (1:2–6), its target audience (1:4–5), and its foundational conviction (1:7). 1:1 Solomon: The legendary wise man of the Bible who inspired the wisdom tradition of the OT. He was the tenth son of David (1 Chron 3:1–5) and ruled as king of Israel from ca. 970 to 930 B.C. (1 Kings 1–11). Many regard this opening line as a title or superscription
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