A Shift in Perspective: he Intended Audience and a Coherent Reading of Proverbs 1:1-7
Two issues in Prov 1:1-7 have not been adequately accounted for in the interpretation of the passage as a whole: (1) the grammatical agent(s) of the infinitives in Prov 1:2-4, 6; and (2) the intended audience of Prov 1:1-7. By attributing a distinct agent to 1:4, most interpreters include the "...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2017]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-116 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Sprichwörter 1,1-7
/ Infinitive
/ Hebrew language
/ Rhetoric
/ Target audience
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
BIBLE translators
B Bible. Proverbs B Rhetoric B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B INFINITIVE (Grammar) |
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| Summary: | Two issues in Prov 1:1-7 have not been adequately accounted for in the interpretation of the passage as a whole: (1) the grammatical agent(s) of the infinitives in Prov 1:2-4, 6; and (2) the intended audience of Prov 1:1-7. By attributing a distinct agent to 1:4, most interpreters include the "simpletons" and "youth" of 1:4 in the audience of Proverbs, sometimes adding an ideal audience indicated rhetorically in 1:5-the "wise one" who hears. I argue that Prov 1:1-7 casts the "wise" as the ideal, intended audience rather than the "simpletons" and "youth" of 1:4. By addressing pertinent grammatical and rhetorical factors in Prov 1:1-7 in a consistent fashion, I offer a coherent reading of Prov 1:1-7 that views this passage as a tightly knit structure and addresses a single, intended audience. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1361.2017.170938 |