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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...

8:11 better than jewels: Scripture esteems the virtues of wisdom more than precious metals and gemstones (3:14–15; 8:19). 8:12 prudence: Or, “cleverness”. 8:12–14 Six of the attributes listed in these verses (wisdom and knowledge, 8:12; fear of the LORD, 8:13; counsel, insight [or understanding], and strength [or might], 8:14) are attributed to the Spirit of the Lord and his Messiah in Is 11:2–3 (CCC 1831). 8:15 By me kings reign: A truth exemplified in King Solomon, who received extraordinary
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