Leo G. Perdue
Autor/a de Proverbs
Sobre l'autor
Leo G. Perdue, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Forth Worth, Texas, is an international authority on wisdom literature and the author of numerous books, including Proverbs in the Interpretation commentary series (WJK).
Obres de Leo G. Perdue
Wisdom and cult : a critical analysis of the views of cult in the wisdom literatures of Israel and the ancient Near… (1977) 10 exemplars
Scribes, sages, and seers : the sage in the Eastern Mediterranean world (2008) — Editor — 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Wisdom, you are my sister : studies in honor of Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., on the occasion of his eightieth birthday (1997) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step (Society of Biblical Literature (Numbered)) (2013) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
The Words of the Wise Are Like Goads: Engaging Qoheleth in the 21st Century (2013) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1946-10-07
- Gènere
- male
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Ressenyes
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 19
- També de
- 5
- Membres
- 729
- Popularitat
- #34,830
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 39
- Llengües
- 1
- Preferit
- 1
The quality and depth of the exegesis is extremely haphazard-- some parts of the proverbs collection are passed over relatively quickly while other portions are discussed in greater depth, and there does not seem to be much logic behind it. Explanations that take context and culture into account, providing historical detail, have value.
Overall, however, the book suffers from the presumption that the majority of Proverbs as we know it derives from the Persian period, and the evidence for such a view is rather scanty. It would have been better to avoid postulating regarding things that cannot be known and to have focused on more that can be fleshed out regarding the proverbs and their role in Israelite society.… (més)