Review of James Alfred Loader 'Proverbs 1-9' (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament), Peeters Leuven, 2014

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Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947-

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Abstract

Loader’s commentary on Proverbs 1–9 belongs to the category of technical commentaries. It is evaluated in terms of similar commentaries written by scholars who focus on interpreting the original Hebrew text. The design of the commentary, the four essays included in the commentary, and the approach to the text is discussed. A final section deals with Loader’s exposition of Proverbs 8. This section focuses on the problematic Hebrew terms qnh in 8:22 and ‘amon in 8:30 and compares his interpretation with the opinions raised by other scholars in this regard.

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This research is part of the project, ‘Old Testament Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha and Qumran Texts Studies’ directed by Prof. Pieter Venter, Emeritus Professor, Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.

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Proverbs 8, Technical commentary, Commentary on Proverbs 1–9, Hebrew text, James Alfred Loader

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Venter, P.M., 2016, ‘Review of James Alfred Loader “Proverbs 1–9” (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament), Peeters Leuven, 2014’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(4), a3385. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3385.