Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

WEALTH AND POVERTY IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
a. Wealth, power and high social status......Page 12
b. Poverty and low social status......Page 15
c. Some features of the terminology......Page 16
a. The precariousness of life......Page 24
b. The vocabulary of disaster......Page 25
c. Hard work and contentment......Page 32
d. Generosity and oppression......Page 36
e. The work ethic......Page 39
f. The limited value of wealth......Page 40
g. The poor as God\'s creatures......Page 42
h. Slavery......Page 43
i. The \'royal\' proverbs......Page 46
3. Summary......Page 61
a. Wider issues......Page 62
b. The question of consistency......Page 63
c. Redaction and reinterpretation......Page 65
d. Authority and social function......Page 69
1. Proverbs 24.23–24......Page 76
2. Miscellaneous Pieces in Proverbs 1–9......Page 78
3. Proverbs 30......Page 79
Section C. PROVERBS 22.17–24.22......Page 86
Section D. PROVERBS 1–9......Page 100
Section E. PROVERBS 31.1–9......Page 108
Section F. PROVERBS 31.10–31......Page 112
Section G. WEALTH AND POVERTY IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS......Page 114
Bibliography......Page 120
Index of Biblical References......Page 124
S......Page 132
Z......Page 133