Proverbs

by Derek Kidner

Overview

Proverbs—a book full of wisdom, and yet a book demanding all one's wisdom to understand. Derek Kidner has not only provided a running commentary on the whole of Proverbs, but has also included two helpful study aids: a set of subject guides that bring together teaching scattered throughout the book, and a short concordance that helps locate lost sayings (in territory notoriously hard to search) and encourages further subject studies. In short, this volume is a wise person's guide to wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830829392
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Kidner Classic Commentaries
Pages:	189
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x (h) x 8.25(d)

About the Author

Derek Kidner (1913–2008) was warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He wrote several volumes in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary series, including those on Genesis, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, and Proverbs.

Table of Contents

General Preface
Author's Preface
Chief AbbreviationsIntroduction
The Book of Proverbs and the Wisdom of Israel
Wisdom in the Ancient World
The Structure, Authorship, Date and Text of ProverbsSubject Studies
God and Man
Wisdom
The Fool
The Sluggard
The Friend
Words
The Family
Life and Death
Analysis
Commentary
A Short Concordance

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of a classic Old Testament commentary

From the Publisher

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