Proverbs (Wisdom Commentary, #23)

by Alice Ogden Bellis

Barbara E. Reid (Editor), Sarah Tanzer, Charles Redden Butler, Sindile Dlamini Dlamini, Desire P. Grogan, Glenda F. Hodges, Kristy Hunt, Sehee Kim, and NaShieka Knight

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2019 Association of Catholic Publishers Book of the Year

In this volume, Alice Ogden Bellis considers the book of Proverbs as a structural whole, the sages having designed it in such a way as to make positive statements about women and to undercut the negative ones. By grouping Proverbs together around common issues, the reader is called to consider the perennial moral questions of wealth and poverty, diligence and laziness, and integrity and corruption, as well as the relationship among these values. The result is much more complex and has greater depth than the random list of bromides that most of Proverbs is often thought to be. This volume opens up a multi-dimensional spiritual puzzle.

  • ISBN10 0814681220
  • ISBN13 9780814681220
  • Publish Date 4 October 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Liturgical Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 356
  • Language English