Beauty, Wisdom, and Handiwork in Proverbs 31:10–31
The book of Proverbs concludes with an alphabetic acrostic that describes and praises its feminine subject (Prov 31:10-31). The poem’s praise closes with a generalized critique of beauty, its deceptiveness and short-lived nature (v. 30). What function does this critique of beauty serve in light of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2020, Volume: 113, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-62 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Sprichwörter 31,10-31
/ Woman
/ Beauty
/ Wisdom
/ Manual work
/ Acrostic
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty
B Bible. Sprichwörter 31,10-31 B Wisdom B Description B Proverbs B alphabetic acrostic |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |