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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"Proverbs."”.
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Open Proverbs: Exploring Genre and Openness in Proverbs 10:1-22:16
… our understanding of some key issues in Proverbs’ scholarship. Part 1 tackles the first and second aims. In ch. 1, I suggest that the sayings in Prov 10:1-22:16 have something of a hybrid genre, displaying features akin to both ‘didactic’ texts and ‘proverbs’. This can be seen from their: …
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The Didactic Function of Proverbs 1-9 for the Interpretation of Proverbs 10-31
Proverbs 1-9 has long been called a “prologue” and “introduction” to the book of Proverbs, a label that I attempt to clarify by answering the following question: how does Proverbs 1-9 function with respect to the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31? I argue that, in the detail and holistic context of …
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Spenser's use of proverbs.
… in which I attempted to study Spenser's use of proverbs in The Faerie Queene. My chief endeavor has been to spot Spenser's proverbs and to find parallels to them in his literary environment. I have made especial effort to ferret out the proverbs common to Shakespeare and Spenser. Since no one …
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Double Renderings in the Septuagint of Proverbs 1–9
… investigates the doubly rendered lines in Greek Proverbs 1–9 in light of the translation technique in the rest of the book. Chapter 1 provides background to the study of Greek Proverbs by introducing the current topic and relevant scholarly treatments. This chapter also provides a definition of a …
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Educational and social values expressed by proverbs in two cultures
Die Arbeit verfolgt zwei Ziele: Ein reichhaltiges und bisher nicht erforschtes Kulturerbe der Menschen im Sudan zu erschließen und den Sprichwortgebrauch in zwei Ländern zu vergleichen. Sprichwörter werden verstanden als Ausdruck der Lebenswelt und der Werte der Menschen in einer Gesellschaft und …
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A Theology of Future Hope in the Book of Proverbs
… whether there is a theme of future hope in Proverbs. Chapter 1 surveys scholarship on this point. Most scholars who believe Proverbs is only concerned with this present world do not read Proverbs in its canonical context. This dissertation argues that in its canonical context the Book of …
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The function of proverbs in certain works by John Bunyan
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Wisdom As Divine Discourse: An Exegetical-Theological Study of the Book of Proverbs
While scholars typically conceive of wisdom in Proverbs as lacking in appeal to divine revelation, this dissertation argues that the book of Proverbs intends for readers to take wisdom’s instructions as a divine discourse in a way analogous to the Torah. My thesis is that divine concursus …
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Can Wisdom be Taught? Implicit and Explicit מוּסָר as the Aesthetic Pedagogy of Proverbs
The aim of this thesis is to show how Proverbs endeavours to teach for wisdom and, in so doing, to further substantiate the argument that Proverbs is an educational collection of pedagogical merit, and to provide a stimulus for reflection when considering the more philosophical question: Can wisdom …
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Exploring Hokmâ (Woman Wisdom) Metaphor in Proverbs 1-9 From a Sümi Naga Woman’s Perspective
The reading and interpretation of the Bible has a significant place in Sümi life, because Sümi Christians accept the Bible as the sacred and infallible word of God. It is therefore vital to evaluate the impact that the Bible has on gender roles and relationships within Sümi culture, and to utilize …
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Lyly's proverb lore.
Previous to this investigation, 861 individual proverbs and proverbial phrases had been established in the works of John Lyly. Of this number, 643 proverbs are found in Tilley's Elizabethan Proverb Lore, 212 additional proverbs in Tilley's Proverbs in England, and 6 additional proverbs in …
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The Role Of Imagery And Abstraction In Proverb Comprehension: A Dual-coding Analysis Of Figurative Language
… representations of the figurative meanings of proverbs are abstract and imagery-free.;Study 1 used a rating task to measure figurativeness of 240 proverbs that varied in rated imagery. As proverbs became increasingly abstract, they were rated as increasingly literal in the relation between …
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Proverb lore in Don Quixote.
Considering the wealth of proverbs, proverbial expressions, and sententiae scattered throughout Don Quixote, it is apparent that Cervantes utilized the proverb to bequeath the Spanish Renaissance to the common people. Thus, this study discovers and authenticates the proverbial material used by …
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La manipolazione creativa del proverbio negli usi comici e pubblicitari della lingua italiana
… deliberate modifications of traditional proverbs in Italian. Despite their ubiquity, Italian anti-proverbs (as they are usually referred to in international debate) have not been studied much. Since an official terminology has not been established yet, we propose to use the Italian …
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Globalization and Discursive constructions of identity in Two Generations: The Igbo People of Nigeria
… of elders and youths towards the use of proverbs and the transfer of this identity-related language practice from one generation to another, and (b) language use through the exploration of instances of discursive constructions of identity as identified in the data. The study, which is …
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All This the World Well Knows: a symphonic cantata in Sonnets and Proverbs for mixed chorus, four solo voices, and orchestra
… sonnets and from the King James Bible's book of Proverbs in a loose narrative of love, betrayal, and reconciliation. The composition's pitch material includes microtonality that arises from the just intonation of sonorities derived from the harmonic series. In passages in which the solo voices …
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Proverb lore in "The anatomy of melancholy".
… purpose of finding as many as possible of the proverbs he uses in that famous work. Before entering upon the task proper, Apperson's English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, and Smith's Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs were checked to discover how many of Burton's proverbs had already been …
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An analysis of epistemology in the book of Proverbs in relationship to the sources of knowledge used in evangelical Sunday School curriculum
… the sources of knowledge used in the book of Proverbs and compare them to the sources of knowledge used in evangelical Sunday School curriculum. Proverbs was selected for the biblical guideline because of its educational content and specific use of the sources of knowledge to teach biblical …
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Israel's Paradoxical King: The Characterization of Solomon in 1 Kings 1–11, 2 Chronicles 1–9, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
… 1–9 in spite of his failures in 1 Kings 1–11. In Proverbs, Solomon is remembered as the paragon of wisdom in Israel but is also presented in Ecclesiastes as a pessimistic king describing the limitations of his wisdom. Furthermore, Solomon is used as the picture of an ideal lover in the Song of …
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