Proverbs 1-9 as an Introduction to the Book of Proverbs

ISBN: 9780567693341 出版年：2020 页码：216 Arthur Jan Keefer Bloomsbury Publishing

Proverbs 1-9 has loa 'prologue' and 'introduction' to the book of Proverbs, a label that this book clarifies by answering the question: how does Proverbs 1-9 function with respect to the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31? Arthur Keefer argues that, in the detail and holistic context of Proverbs, Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by supplying interpretive frameworks in literary, rhetorical and theological contexts for representative portions of Proverbs 10-31. Keefer suggests that Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by teaching interpretive skills, and allows interpretation of Proverbs 10-31 by instilling the competence required to explicate this material. As a result, Proverbs 1-9 provides a didactic introduction for the remainder of the book, particularly with respect to its character types, educational goals, and theologdemonstrates the function of Proverbs 1-9 for Proverbs 10-31 most prominent interpretive contexts of the book, and in doing so advances current key interpretive debates within Proverbs scholarship.