Book of Proverbs

  • Book of Psalms
  • Job
  • Book of Proverbs
  • Job (Job job )
  • Psalms
  • Proverbs (Proverbs )
  • Kohelet (Ecclesiastes )
  • Canticles
  • Wisdom (Catholic and Greek Orthodox)
  • Sirach ( Ecclesiasticus ) (Catholic and Greek Orthodox)
  • Prayer of Manasseh (Greek Orthodox)

Name after the ÖVBE. Pseudepigrapha the Septuagint are in italics.

The book of Proverbs ( Proverbs or sayings of Solomon, Hebrew: Mishlei [ Schelomo ] ) is a book of the Tanakh, where they are the Ketuvim (Writings ), so the third part of the Jewish Bible canon. In the Christian Old Testament belongs to poetry and wisdom literature, which have moved here before the prophetic books.

The opening verses of the book are traditionally interpreted as indication of the authorship of Solomon. This assumption can also be attributed to a statement in the first Book of Kings (chapter 5, verse 12), after the three thousand Proverbs Solomon wrote down. The book itself is called in chap. 30 and 31 additional sources ( Agur and Lemuel ). Specifically identified as the author Solomon for the following positions: 10.1 to 22.16 and 25.1 to 29.27.

According to Jewish tradition is the entire book of Hezekiah, king of Judah, back. ( after the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Bathra 15a)

The current research takes a longer time of origin of the biblical proverb collection, ranging from the time of King Hezekiah up in the fourth, possibly even third century BC. The oldest parts are probably the third and fourth collection; the first collection is considered the youngest.

In the New Testament of the Bible, 35 citations or references refer to the book of Proverbs.

Outline of the book

  • Proverbs 1:1-6 EU headline ( throughout the book )
  • Spr 1.7 EU motto
  • Spr 1.8 to 9.18 EU first collection of long " discourses "; Introduction of the book
  • Proverbs 10:1-22:16 EU Second Collection, consisting of two sub- collections ( 10.1 to 15.32; 15.32 to 22.16 )
  • Prov 22.17 to 24.34 EU third collection, after the submission of the Egyptian Book of Wisdom " Amenemope "
  • Prov 25.1 to 29.27 EU Fourth collection, according to heading it goes back to the " men of Hezekiah "
  • Prov 30.1 to 31.30 EU Attachments: " words of Agur "; "The words of Lemuel, king of Massa "; "In praise of the good wife "

Topics

The collection of sayings addressed a variety of topics; it comes to general life wisdom ( common sense ), which expresses itself here. Some of it is of such over time validity that many also serves as a German proverb, eg "Who the other digs a pit will fall into it himself. ", Cf 26,27.

One focus of Proverbs is the subject education, or punishment, cf.13, 24: " He who spares his rod hateth his son; but if you love him, chasteneth him betimes. "

Theology

The cause-and - context can be regarded as a kind of " basic law " of wisdom. It is about the " reliability of the world " (Mark Witte ), which is expressed in the belief that good deeds have a good result and endure evil a bad one. 11:31: "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner " This God is a guarantee of this connection, cf 10.3, "The Lord can the righteous do not suffer hunger; but the greed of the wicked he thwarts. "

Individual spells but ask in the face of reverse experiences (cf. Psalm 49; 73; Book of Job ) the unavailability of the activity of God out, eg16, 9 " A man's heart plans his way; but the LORD directs his steps. "

In the present version of the book wisdom is interpreted theologically, as the book makes clear theme in 1.7: "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. " The personified Wisdom is a mediator between God and man (see Chapter 1, wisdom in the role of a prophetess and Chapter 8, Wisdom as Mediatrix of creation ).

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