Reading Proverbs 3:1-12 in its social and ideological context

dc.contributor.upauthorPrinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-22T07:15:22Z
dc.date.available2010-02-22T07:15:22Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractProverbs 3:1-12 is a masterful example of Hebrew poetry. It is quite permissible to analyse and enjoy the poem for its own sake. However, it should be taken into account that the text was written from a wisdom perspective, implying that it had a didactic function in the social context in which it originated. In this aticle the text is investigated on three levels. It commences with an analysis of the text as a poem, then moves towards an analysis of the type of society where such a text might have originated in order to determine the ideology that served as motivating principle for that society. In the process the role of Israelite wisdom literature in the context of the Ancient Near Eastern wisdom corpus and the influence of wisdom teachers upon society will also be touched upon. This will lead to some conclusions about the relevance of studying this literature for our own society.en
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrinsloo, GTM 2002. 'Reading Proverbs 3:1-12 in its social and ideological context', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 1375-1400.[http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive]en
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13141
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectProverbs 3en
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Proverbs III, 1-12 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en
dc.subject.lcshWisdom literatureen
dc.subject.lcshWisdom -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshHebrew poetry, Biblicalen
dc.subject.lcshBible -- Socio-rhetorical criticismen
dc.subject.lcshIdeology -- Religious aspectsen
dc.titleReading Proverbs 3:1-12 in its social and ideological contexten
dc.typeArticleen

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