Collins also subscribes to the older theory of advanced literacy implied by the
book of Proverbs, but that hypothesis has come under fire from two fronts: Claus Westermann, Roots of Wisdom (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1995) and James L.
Although the phenomenon of repetition elicits comment in most discussions of Proverbs, the first extensive examination of it appeared in Yehoshua Grintz, "'The Proverbs of Solomon': Clarification on the Question of the Relation between the Three Collections in the
Book of Proverbs Attributed to Solomon," Lesonenu 33 (1968): 243-69.
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue," says the
Book of Proverbs 18:21.
The setting of the
Book of Proverbs was not Solomon's court; the interest in king and court evident in the book was inherited by Israel through its adoption of foreign Wisdom literature; the Joseph stories are not a kind of Wisdom literature; the administration of Israel under Solomon was not modelled on Egypt, and the cultural continuity between Israel and Canaan requires more attention; our ignorance of educational methods in Israel is profound, and claims for the use of Wisdom literature in schools are largely speculative.
THE final chapter of the
book of Proverbs is one that was used quite often at services for wives and mothers.
The variety of style, form, and topics within the
book of Proverbs has stimulated scholarly debate concerning the unity of its authorship and the date of its composition.
Ad Monachos - a collection of 137 sayings, modelled stylistically on the biblical
book of Proverbs - was the first of Evagrius' surviving Greek works to appear in a critical edition, and it has now become the first to be the subject of a significant commentary in English.
SOLOMON in his
book of Proverbs says: ``The glory of the young is their strength, but the beauty of the old is their grey hair''.
He observed similar statements found both in The Teachings of Amenemope, a late Ramesside text, and the biblical
book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to King Solomon.
He was a monk of a new monastery which was affiliated to the Cistercian Order and transferred to Auxerre in the lifetime of St Bernard, to whom he dedicated his Little
Book of Proverbs. He wrote during the abbacy of Stephen of Torcy, one of the early companions of St Bernard, and completed his work by 1153.
As the
Book of Proverbs says: ``there is a time for everything in life''.
Lawyers pointed to Biblical texts including the
Book of Proverbs which states: ``He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.''