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Wisdom Literature and Proverbs 1-9:
A Bibliography

by Massimo Gargiulo

This bibliography aims at offering a general survey of studies dealing with Wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible; it can’t be therefore exhaustive, but is of aid for a first approach to this subject. Particular attention is however paid in the second part to Proverbs 1-9.

Wisdom Literature: Introductions

  1. Adinolfi, M. Ellenismo e Bibbia. Roma, 1991.
  2. Armenti, J., ed. The Papin Festschrift: Wisdom and Knowledge. Villanova, PA, 1976.
  3. Barrè, M., ed. Wisdom, You Are My Sister: Studies in Honour of Roland E. Murphy on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Washington, DC, 1997.
  4. Baumgartner, W. “Die israelitische Weisheitsliteratur.” Theologische Rundschau 5 (1933): 259-88.
  5. Brenner, A., ed. A Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature. Sheffield, 1995.
  6. Collins, J. J. Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age. Louisville, KY, 1997.
  7. Crenshaw, J. L., ed. Studies in Ancient Israelite Wisdom. New York, 1976.
  8. ———. Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Atlanta, GA, 1981.
  9. ———. Urgent Advice and Probing Questions: Collected Writings on Old Testament Wisdom. Macon, GA, 1995.
  10. Day, J., ed. Wisdom in Ancient Israel: Essays in Honour of J. A. Emerton. Cambridge, UK, 1995.
  11. Duesberg, H., and I. Fransen. Les scribes inspirés. 2nd ed. Paris, 1966.
  12. Emerton, J. A. “Wisdom.” Tradition and Interpretation. Ed. G. W. Anderson. Oxford, 1970. 214-37.
  13. Fohrer, G. “Die Weisheit im Alten Testament.” Studien zur alttestamentlichen Theologie und Geschichte. Ed. G. Fohrer. BZAW 115. Berlin, 1969. 242-74.
  14. Fox, M. V., ed. Texts, Temples and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran. Winona Lake, IN, 1996.
  15. Gammie, J. G., and L. G. Perdue, eds. The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East. Winona Lake, IN, 1990.
  16. Gese, H. Lehre und Wirklichkeit in der alten Weisheit. Tübingen, 1958.
  17. Gilbert, M. La Sagesse de l’Ancien Testament. Gembloux-Leuven, 1979.
  18. Hengel, M. Judentum und Hellenismus. 2nd ed. Tübingen, 1973.
  19. Kayatz, C. Einführung in die alttestamentliche Weisheit. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1969.
  20. Morla Asensio, V. Libri sapienziali e altri scritti. Vol. 5 of Introduzione allo studio della Bibbia. Brescia, 1997.
  21. Murphy, R. E. The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature. The Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York, 1990.
  22. Niccacci, A. La Casa della Sapienza: Voci e volti della sapienza biblica. Milano, 1994.
  23. O’Connor, K. M. The Wisdom Literature. Wilmington, DE, 1988.
  24. Preuss, H. D. Einführung in die Alttestamentliche Weisheitsliteratur. Stuttgart, 1987.
  25. Rad, G. von. Weisheit in Israel. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1970.
  26. Schmid, H. H. Wesen und Geschichte der Weisheit. Berlin, 1966.
  27. Schmidt, J. Studien zur Stilistik der alttestamentlichen Spruchliteratur. Alttestamentliche Abhandlungen 13.1. Münster, 1936.
  28. Schroer, S. Wisdom Has Built Her House: Studies on the Figure of Sophia in the Bible. Trans. L. M. Mahoney and W. McDonough. Collegeville, MN, 2000.
  29. Scott, R. B. Y. The Way of Wisdom in the Old Testament. London - New York, 1971.
  30. Westermann, C. Roots of Wisdom. Louisville, KY, 1995.
  31. Whybray, R. N. The Intellectual Tradition in the Old Testament. BZAW 135. Berlin, 1974.

Wisdom Literature: Studies

a) General

  1. Bellia, G., and A. Passaro, eds. Libro dei Proverbi. Casale Monferrato, 1999.
  2. Boström, L. The God of the Sages: The Portrayal of God in the Book of Proverbs. Stockholm, 1990.
  3. Camp, C. V. Wisdom and the Feminine in the Book of Proverbs. Sheffield, 1985.
  4. Cook, J. “The Dating of Septuagint Proverbs.” EThL 69 (1993): 383-99.
  5. ———. The Septuagint of Proverbs: Jewish and/or Hellenistic Proverbs? Leiden, 1997.
  6. Crenshaw, J. L. “Education in Ancient Israel.” JBL 104 (1985): 601-15.
  7. Dahood, M. Proverbs and Northwest Semitic Philology. Rome, 1963.
  8. De Pury, A. “Qohélet et le canon des ketubim.” RTP 131 (1999): 163-98.
  9. Domeris, W. R. “Shame and Honour in Proverbs.” OTE 8 (1995): 86-102.
  10. Driver, G. R. “Problems in the Hebrew Text of Proverbs.” Bib 32 (1951): 173-97.
  11. Gordis, R. “The Social Background of Wisdom Literature.” HUCA 18 (1944): 77-118.
  12. Holter, K. “Old Testament Proverbs Studies in the 1990s.” Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 6 (1999): 11-15.
  13. Irwin, W. A. “Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?” JBL 80 (1961): 133-42.
  14. Jamieson-Drake, D. W. Scribes and Schools in Monarchic Judah: A Socio-Archaeological Approach. JSOT-SS 109. Sheffield, 1991.
  15. Kugel, J. “Wisdom and the Anthological Temper.” The Anthological Imagination in Jewish Literature. Part 1. Spec. issue of Proof 17 (1997): 9-32.
  16. Lang, B. Die Weisheitliche Lehrrede. Stuttgart, 1972.
  17. ———. Frau Weisheit: Deutung einer biblischen Gestalt. Düsseldorf, 1975.
  18. ———. Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs: An Israelite Goddess Redefined. New York, 1986.
  19. Lemaire, A. “Sagesse et écoles.” VT 34 (1984): 270-81.
  20. Marböck, J. “Weisheit im Wandel.” BBB 37 (1971): 34-80.
  21. McKinlay, J. E. Gendering Wisdom the Host: Biblical Invitations to Eat and Drink. Sheffield, 1996.
  22. Moro, C. “Il testo greco di «Proverbi» in Clemente Alessandrino.” Annali di Studi Religiosi 2 (2001): 391-437.
  23. Murphy, R. E. “Form Criticism and Wisdom Literature.” CBQ 31 (1969): 475-83.
  24. Nel, Ph. J. The Structure and Ethos of the Wisdom Admonitions in Proverbs. BZAW 158. Berlin, 1982.
  25. Schmid, H. H. Gerechtigkeit als Weltordnung. Tübingen, 1968.
  26. Sheppard, G. T. Wisdom as a Hermeneutical Construct. BZAW 151. Berlin, 1980.
  27. Whybray, R. N. Wisdom in Proverbs. London, 1965.
  28. ———. The Composition of the Book of Proverbs. JSOT-SS 168. Sheffield, 1994.
  29. ———. The Book of Proverbs: A Survey of Modern Study. Leiden, 1995.
  30. Williams, J. G. “The Power of Form: A Study of Biblical Proverbs.” Semeia 17 (1980): 35-58.
  31. ———. Those Who Ponder Proverbs: Aphoristic Thinking and Literature. Sheffield, 1981.
  32. Zimmerli, W. “Zur Struktur der alttestamentlichen Weisheit.” ZAW 51 (1933): 177-204.

b) Israelite and Foreign Wisdom Traditions

  1. Ayuso, T. “Los elementos extrabíblicos de los sapienciales.” EstBib 6 (1947): 187-223.
  2. Bryce, A. A Legacy of Wisdom: The Egyptian Contribution to the Wisdom of Israel. Lewisburg-London, 1979.
  3. Fox, M. V. The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs. Madison, WI, 1985.
  4. McKane, W. Introduction. Proverbs: A New Approach. By McKane. London, 1970. i-x.
  5. Noth, M., and T. D. Winton, eds. Wisdom in Israel and in the Ancient Near East. Fs. H. H. Rowley. VTS 3. Leiden, 1955.
  6. Overland, P. “Structure in the Wisdom of Amenemope and Proverbs.” Go to the Land I Will Show You: Studies in Honour of Dwight W. Young. Eds. J. E. Coleson and V. H. Matthews. Winona Lake, IN, 1996. 275-91.
  7. Posener, G. Les Sagesses du Proche Orient. Paris, 1963.
  8. Ringgren, H. Word and Wisdom: Studies in the Hypostatization of Divine Qualities and Functions in the Ancient Near East. Lund, 1947.
  9. Roccati, A. Sapienza egizia. Brescia, 1994.
  10. Römheld, K. F. D. Wege der Weisheit: Die Lehren Amenemopes und Proverbien 22,17-24,22. Berlin, 1989.
  11. Steiert, F. J. Die Weisheit Israels – Ein Fremdkörper im Alten Testament? Eine Untersuchung zum Buch der Sprüche auf dem Hintergrund des ägyptischen Weisheitslehre. Freiburg, 1990.
  12. Story, C. I. K. “The Book of Proverbs and Northwest-Semitic Literature.” JBL 64 (1945): 319-37.
  13. Washington, H. C. Wealth and Poverty in the Instruction of Amenemope and the Book of Proverbs. Atlanta, GA, 1994.

c) Wisdom and Other Biblical Traditions

  1. Associazione Biblica Italiana. Sapienza e Torah. Atti della XXIX Settimana Biblica. Bologna, 1987.
  2. Blenkinsopp, J. Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament. Oxford, 1983.
  3. Crenshaw, J. L. “Method in Determining Wisdom Influence Upon ‘Historical’ Literature.” JBL 88 (1969): 129-42.
  4. Davidson, R. Wisdom and Worship. London, 1990.
  5. Garbini, G. Cantico dei cantici. Brescia, 1992.
  6. Kalugila, L. The Wise King. Lund, 1980.
  7. Lyke, L. “The Song of Songs, Proverbs, and the Theology of Love.” Theological Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Brevard S. Childs. Eds. C. Seitz and K. Green-McCreight. Grand Rapids, MI, 1999. 208-23.
  8. McKane, W. Prophets and Wise Men. London, 1965.
  9. Morgan, D. F. Wisdom in the Old Testament Traditions. Oxford, 1981.
  10. Murphy, R. E. “A Consideration of the Classification ‘Wisdom Psalms’.” Congress Volume: Bonn 1962. VTS 9. Leiden, 1963. 156-67.
  11. ———. Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes and Esther. Grand Rapids, MI, 1981.
  12. Pope, M. H. Song of Songs. The Anchor Bible 7C. Garden City, NY, 1977.
  13. Ravasi, G. Il Cantico. Bologna, 1992.
  14. Rylaarsdam, J. C. Revelation in Jewish Wisdom Literature. Chicago, 1946.
  15. Skehan, P. W. Studies in Israelite Poetry and Wisdom. Washington, 1971.
  16. Tromp, N. J. “Wisdom and the Canticle. Ct. 8,6c-7b: Text, Character, Message and Import.” La Sagesse de l’Ancien Testament. Ed. M. Gilbert. Leuven, 1979. 88-95.
  17. Whedbee, J. W. Isaiah and Wisdom. Nashville, 1971.

Proverbs 1-9: Commentaries

  1. Barucq, A. Le livre des Proverbes. Sources bibliques. Paris, 1964.
  2. Delitzsch, F. The Book of Proverbs. Trans. M. G. Easton. COT. Grand Rapids, MI, 1980.
  3. Fox, M. V. Proverbs 1-9. The Anchor Bible 18A. New York, 2000.
  4. Garret, D. A. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Song of Songs. Nashville, TN, 1993.
  5. Gemser, B. Sprüche Salomos. Handbuch zum Alten Testament 1.16. Tübingen, 1963.
  6. Hubbard, D. A. Proverbs. Dallas, TX, 1989.
  7. McKane, W. Proverbs: A New Approach. London, 1970.
  8. Murphy, R. E. Proverbs. Word Biblical Commentary 22. Dallas, TX, 1998.
  9. Oesterley, W. O. E. The Book of Proverbs. London, 1929.
  10. Plöger, O. Sprüche Salomos. Biblischer Kommentar 17. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1984.
  11. Ringgren H., and W. Zimmerli. Sprüche/Prediger. Göttingen, 1962.
  12. Schökel, A. L., and J. Vilchez Líndez. Sapienciales I: Proverbios. Madrid, 1984.
  13. Scott, R. B. Y. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. The Anchor Bible 18. Garden City, NY, 1965.
  14. Toy, C. H. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs. Edinburgh, 1904.
  15. Whybray, R. N. Proverbs. New Century Bible Commentary. London - Grand Rapids, 1994.

Proverbs 1-9: Studies

  1. Aletti, J. N. “Séduction et parole en Proverbes 1-9.” VT 27 (1977): 129-44.
  2. Barclay Burns, J. “Proverbs 7, 6-27: Vignettes from the Cycle of Astarte and Adonis.” SJOT 9 (1995): 20-36.
  3. Baumann, G. Die Weisheitgestalt in Proverbien 1-9. Tübingen, 1996.
  4. ———. Wer mich findet, hat Leben gefunden: Traditionsgeschichtliche und theologische Studien zur Weisheitsgestalt in Proverbien 1-9. FAT 16. Tübingen, 1996.
  5. Bonora, A. “La ‘donna straniera’ in Pr. 1-9.” RSB6 (1994): 101-9.
  6. Boström, G. Proverbiastudien: Die Weisheit und das fremde Weib in Spr. 1-9. Lund, 1935.
  7. Chisholm, R. B. “‘Drink Water from Your Own Cistern’: A Literary Study of Proverbs 5:15-23.” BS 157 (2000): 397-409.
  8. Couroyer, B. “La tablette du Cœur.” RB 90 (1983): 416-34.
  9. Cottini, V. “Sulla composizione di Prov. 5.” SBFLA 37 (1987): 21-52.
  10. ———. “Linguaggio erotico nel Cantico dei Cantici e in Proverbi.” SBFLA 40 (1990): 25-45.
  11. Dahood, M. “Proverbs 8,22-31: Translation and Commentary.” CBQ 30 (1968): 512-21.
  12. ———. “Honey that Drips: Notes on Proverbs 5,2-3.” Bib 54 (1973): 65-66.
  13. De Lagarde, P. A. Anmerkungen zur griechischen Übersetzung der Proverbien. Leipzig, 1863.
  14. De Nicola, A. “La moglie della tua giovinezza (Prov.5,15-19).” BeO 12 (1970): 153-83.
  15. Dubarle, A. M. “L’amour humain dans le Cantique des Cantiques.” RB 61 (1954): 67-86.
  16. Emerton, J. A. “A Note on Proverbs II,18.” JTS 30 (1979): 153-58.
  17. Fox, M. V. “The Pedagogy of Proverbs 2.” JBL 113 (1994): 233-43.
  18. ———. “‘Amon Again.” JBL 115 (1996): 699-702.
  19. ———. “Ideas of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9.” JBL 116 (1997): 613-33.
  20. ———. “The Strange Woman in Septuagint Proverbs.” JNSL 22 (1996): 31-44.
  21. Gargiulo, M. “L’uso di modelli ellenistici in Proverbi I-IX.” RSO 74 (2000): 9-23.
  22. Garrett, D. A. “Votive Prostitution Again: Proverbs 7,13-14 and 21,28-29.” JBL 109 (1990): 681-82.
  23. Giese, R. L. “Strength through Wisdom and the Bee in LXX - Prov. 6,8a-c.” Bib 73 (1992): 404-11.
  24. Gómez, F. A. Cascante. “Proverbs 1, 1-19.” Int 52 (1998): 407-9.
  25. Grossberg, D. “Two Kinds of Sexual Relationships in the Hebrew Bible.” HS 35 (1994): 7-25.
  26. Habel, N. “The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9.” Int 26 (1972): 131-56.
  27. Harris, S. L. Proverbs 1-9: A Study of Inner Biblical Interpretation. Atlanta, GA, 1995.
  28. Humbert, P. “La ‘Femme étrangère’ du livre des Proverbes.” RES 2 (1937): 49-64.
  29. Kayatz, C. Studien zu Proverbien 1-9: Eine form- und motivgeschichtliche Untersuchung unter Einbeziehung ägyptischen Vergleichsmaterials. WMANT 22. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1966.
  30. Lang, B. Die weisheitliche Lehrrede: Eine Untersuchung von Sprüche 1-7. Stuttgart, 1972.
  31. Luke, K. “Wisdom’s Banquet (Prv 9:1-6).” LW 105 (1999): 196-210.
  32. Maier, C. Die „fremde Frau” in Proverbien 1-9. OBO 144. Göttingen, 1995.
  33. ———. “Begehre nicht ihre Schönheit in deinem Herzen.” BibInt 5 (1997): 46-63.
  34. Mezzacasa, G. Studio critico sulle aggiunte alessandrine nel Libro dei Proverbi di Salomone. Roma, 1908.
  35. Müller, A. Proverbien 1-9: Der Weisheit neue Kleider. BZAW 291. Berlin, 2000.
  36. Murphy, R. E. “Wisdom and Eros in Proverbs 1-9.” CBQ 50 (1988): 600-603.
  37. O’ Connell, R. H. “Proverbs VII 16-17: A Case of Fatal Deception in a ‘Woman and the Window’ Type - Scene.” VT 41 (1991): 237-40.
  38. Overland, P. “Did the Sage Draw from the Shema? A Study of Proverbs 3:1-12.” CBQ 62 (2000): 424-40.
  39. Paul, M. “Die ‚fremde Frau’ in Sprichwörter 1-9 und die ‚Geliebte’ des Hohenliedes.” BN 106 (2001): 40-46.
  40. Robert, A. “Les attaches littéraires bibliques de Prov. I-IX.” RB 43 (1934-35): 62-68, 172-204, 374-84; 44 (1935): 344-365, 505-25.
  41. Rolla, A. “Lo straniero nella letteratura biblica del postesilio.” RSB 8 (1996): 145-61.
  42. Scott, R. B. Y. “Wisdom in Creation: the amon of Proverbs VIII 30.” VT 10 (1960): 213-23.
  43. Skehan, P. W. “Structures in Poems on Wisdom: Proverbs 8 and Sirach 24.” CBQ 41 (1979): 365-79.
  44. Snijders, L. A. The Meaning of zar in the Old Testament. OTS 10. Leiden, 1954. 60-110.
  45. Streete, G. C. The Strange Woman. Louisville, KY, 1997.
  46. Toorn, K. van der. “Female Prostitution in Payment of Vows in Ancient Israel.” JBL 108 (1989): 193-205.
  47. Trible, P. “Wisdom Builds a Poem: The Architecture of Proverbs 1,20-33.” JBL 94 (1975): 509-18.
  48. Vattioni, F. “Saggezza e creazione in Prov. 3,19-20.” Augustinianum 6 (1966): 102-5.
  49. Vawter, B. “Prov. 8:22: Wisdom and Creation.” JBL 99 (1980): 205-16.
  50. Weiden, W. A. van der. Le Livre des Proverbes: Notes philologiques. Rome, 1970.
  51. Whybray, R. N. Wisdom in Proverbs. SBT 45. London, 1965.
  52. ———. “Some Literary Problems in Proverbs I-IX.” VT 16 (1966): 482-84.
  53. Yee, G. A. “‘I Have Perfumed My Bed with Myrrh’: The Foreign Woman (’iššâ zārâ) in Proverbs 1-9.” JSOT 43 (1989): 53-68.
  54. Zakowitz, Y. “Šir hašširîm 8,6-7 uzikatô limšlê 6,20-35.” Beth Mikra 20 (1974): 366-68.
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