Alice Ogden Bellis 
Proverbs [EPUB ebook] 

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Foreword
“Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your
Daughter [as Well]” Athalya Brenner-Idan

Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:
“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) Barbara E. Reid, OP

Author’s Introduction

Part 1: Proverbs 1:1–9:18

Advice to Young Men about Women and Wisdom, Concluding with Wisdom’s and Folly’s Banquets

Part 2: Proverbs 10:1–22:16

Two Collections: One Marked by Antithetical Parallelism, the Other by Focus on the Royal Court

Part 3: Proverbs 22:17–29:27

International Wisdom and the Hezekian Collection

Part 4: Proverbs 30:1–31:9

Foreign Wisdom and Riddles

Part 5: Proverbs 31:10-31

Poem on the ??????? , the Strong Woman/Wife (Capable Wife)

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings

Index of Subjects

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the president of Catholic Theological Union and the first woman to hold the position. She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a Ph D in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was also president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015.