TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lang,Bernhard
AU  - Lang,Bernhard
TI  - Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs: a Hebrew goddess redefined 
SN  - 0829805680 (pbk.)
AV  - BS 1465.2 L36.1986
PY  - 1986///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pilgrim Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Proverbs I-IX
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Biblia
KW  - Proverbios I-IX -
KW  - Wisdom (Biblical personification)
KW  - Sabiduría (personificación bíblica)
KW  - Wisdom
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Sabiduría -
KW  - Enseñanza biblica
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas; Abbreviations of books and periodical literature -- 1. Introduction: Wisdom, polytheism, and the Hebrew school -- Part One: Wisdom as teacher (Proverbs 1:20-33) -- 2. The poem Proverbs (1:20-33) -- 3. Street, square, gate: The setting of the wisdom speeches -- 4. The rhetoric of teaching -- 5. Brief commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33; Part Two: Wisdom as a goddess (Proverbs 8) -- 6. The poem Proverbs 8:1-36 -- 7. Two kinds of rhetoric: Didactic and divine -- 8. Wisdom: Patroness of kings and witness of creation -- 9. Brief commentary on Proverbs 8:1-36 -- Part Three: Lady wisdom vs. lady folly (Proverbs 9) -- 10. The poem proverbs 9:1-18 -- 11. A textual intrusion: Proverbs 9:7-10 -- 12. Invitation to a banquet in a house of seven pillars -- 13. Folly -- a harlot -- 14. Brief commentary on Proverbs 9:1-6, 11-18; Part Four: Who is wisdom? -- 15. Mysterious wisdom -- 16. The origin and nature of biblical monotheism -- 17. Wisdom: A Hebrew goddess redefined -- 18. Hypostasis -- wisdom myth -- the voice of creation: Three questionable categories -- 19. Lady wisdom in church, speculation, and mysticism
ER  -