Dissertations / Theses: 'Proverbs in the Bible'

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Williams, Bradley. "Proverbs in the Epistle of James." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Bakare, Gideon Omoniyi. "Leadership in the Book of Proverbs." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8238/.

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This dissertation suggests that, while the book of Proverbs is sometimes difficult to interpret and its redaction history is clearly complex, it has much to say on the important area of leadership. To test this hypothesis, it applies four steps as its theoretical framework, and these later become part of the contributions of this study. First, its exploration of leadership in the Ancient Near East (ANE) shows that the ANE offers a good background to leadership in ancient Israel. Second, its survey of the scholarly debates on leadership in Proverbs reveals that the question of how Proverbs fosters leadership has been hugely neglected. The previous discussion has centred on the settings that produced the proverbs and the impact of ANE materials on Proverbs. Third, this enquiry maintains that poetics is an important tool for biblical exegesis and that it can help us to understand the possible meanings of the text. Its contribution lies with the use of exegetical analysis to demonstrate how Proverbs fosters aspects of leadership through the close analysis of poetic devices such as parallelisms, metaphors and imagery. The thesis conducts a detailed exploration of some verses that are judged to contain sayings that are relevant to the theme of leadership in Proverbs, demonstrating their complexity. It proposes a reading strategy of classifying the leadership texts in Proverbs into themes relating to the status, code of conduct, personality, skills and actions of leaders and the community’s response to leaders. Fourth, it critically summarises the results of my exegetical findings in Proverbs and their implications for the biblical scholars surveyed, as well as for contemporary leadership scholars. The thesis concludes with the application of my exegetical findings to one aspect of leadership in Proverbs to Christian leadership in Nigeria.

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Beck, James A. "The tree of life motif in Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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McGinnis, Charles E. "The concept of the enemy in the Book of Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Millar, Suzanna Ruth. "Open Proverbs : exploring genre and openness in Proverbs 10:1-22:16." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/276999.

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This thesis has three main aims. First, I will propose and explain a genre ascription for the sayings in Prov 10:1-22:16 – the ‘didactic proverb’. Second, I will analyse ‘openness’ as a textual feature, and show its contribution to the functions of this genre. Third, I will demonstrate how reading this way may influence 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: generically related texts, probable social settings, media, self-presentation, and literary forms. As ‘didactic’ texts, the sayings shape the worldview, character and intellect of their students. As ‘proverbs’, they apply to specific situations with specific purposes. In ch. 2, I explain three manifestations of literary ‘openness’: polysemy can give a text multiple meanings; parallelism makes the relationship between lines unclear; imagery opens up worlds for exploration. Ch. 3 begins to show how this ‘openness’ enhances the sayings’ ‘didactic’ and ‘proverbial’ functions. Here I move beyond openness in interpretation to openness in application, and draw on the field of ‘paremiology’ (the technical study of the ‘proverb’ as a genre), which has been somewhat neglected in Proverbs’ scholarship. In Part 2, I turn to the text, drawing out the openness of key verses, and showing how they function ‘didactically’ and ‘as proverbs’. This proves to have implications for certain classic debates in Proverbs’ scholarship (my third aim). Ch. 4 considers ‘character’ terms (e.g. wise/foolish, righteous/wicked). I use cognitive linguistic theories to examine the terms as open categories with ‘prototype structure’. Viewed this way, the terms are not (as some have argued) abstract and cut off from the world, but profoundly useful for life. Ch. 5 considers the apparent ‘act-consequence connection’ in Proverbs. The connection is predictable but not inviolable, may come about through a number of agencies, and has strong motivational potential. Ch. 6 looks at proverbs about the king. These do not necessitate an actual court context, for the ‘king’ figure may encapsulate wider principles, and function as a teaching tool. Even when he appears to be glorified, his role may be subverted, requiring students to exercise their minds. In ch. 7, I consider the way wisdom is acquired in the ‘didactic proverb’ genre, and suggest a principle for gaining it: students must ‘trust and scrutinise’. They are thereby empowered in their quest for wisdom, whilst also becoming aware of their limitations. Throughout Part 2, I find ‘openness’ to be an important facilitator for didactic and proverbial goals. Prov 10:1-22:16 presents its readers with a panoply of fascinating texts. By exploring them as ‘open’, ‘didactic’, and ‘proverbial’, this thesis offers a fruitful reading strategy; new insights into functions and meanings; and some fresh perspectives on old debates.

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Tyson, Craig William. "The meaning of [bayith] in 2 Sam 5:8b." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Popa, Adrian. "Proverbs and creation : a study in poetics and theology." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683157.

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Bland, Dave. "A rhetorical perspective on the sentence sayings of the Book of Proverbs /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8210.

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Pan, Chou-Wee. "A study of the vocabulary of education in Proverbs 1-9." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/356.

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In the past most studies about Proverbs were concerned with the original'form and setting of the text. Very little interest has been shown in the final form' and setting. This thesis is an attempt to study the final form of the text as it stands in the Hebrew Bible. The introductory chapter begins with a brief survey of the study of Wisdom in the past, the aim of the this thesis, the setting of the canonical form of Proverbs, the structure of Proverbs and concludes., _ - with an explanation of the methodology used in, this thesis. In the chapters that follow the Hebrew terms for the participants, teaching methods, style, content, outcome and value of education as portrayed in Proverbs 1-9 are discussed. By using the Semantic Field method the author seeks to establish the meanings of those terms. which related to education in the final form of Proverbs 1-9. The study shows that the meanings of most of them are very different to their original meanings in the context of education. They have lost their initial ethical-neutral characters, and are now charged with religious implication. This study not only provides a new understanding and appreciation to Proverbs as 'it stands, it also illuminates our understanding of education in the Second Temple period.

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Lewis, David A. "Parenting preadolescents in Proverbs 1-9 moving from preaching to practice at Bayshore Bible Church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Yoder, Christine Roy. "Wisdom as a woman of substance : a socioeconomic reading of Proverbs 1-9 and 31,10-31 /." Berlin : W. de Gruyter, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39902935s.

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Hartwell, Jeanette May. "Wisdom, strange or somewhere in between : in search of a real woman in the Book of Proverbs." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7593/.

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The focus of this study is the portrayal of the Strange Woman and the unnamed mothers and wives of Proverbs arguing for a realistic portrayal of these women within the book. Informed by a feminist approach it considers the impact of male-oriented reading strategies upon existing interpretation and attends to the way in which poetic parallelism and variant repetition create proverbial clusters which offer an alternative context for the interpretation of proverbs. The findings show, firstly, that current interpretations of women in Proverbs are unduly influenced by the portrayal of Wisdom, the Strange Woman and the Woman of Worth in the framework of chapters 1-9 and 31, rather than by the text itself. Secondly, women’s voices provide a possible source for material in the lectures of Proverbs 1-9 (along with the father), the poems of Proverbs 31, and as the narrator of the encounter with the Strange Woman in Proverbs 7. Thirdly, where mothers and wives are in focus, alternative interpretations can be offered which do not assess the character or behaviour of the woman, but rather focus on the son’s character and behaviour and its subsequent impact upon relationships with his parents, his wife and his own offspring.

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Yuan, Kai-Wen Karen. "An analysis of the motions and emotions in the drama of the pursuit of wisdom in Proverbs 1-9." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230976.

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This thesis takes a fresh approach to the pursuit of wisdom in Proverbs 1–9 in its final form by treating it as a reading drama and analysing the dynamics of that drama in selected texts. This approach creates a new conceptual metaphor, which explains the abstract concept of pursing wisdom in the concrete image of a journey and reveals the sequence of events which construct that drama. It then proposes an analysis of motions and emotions as indicators delineating the transformations in the dyadic relationships. Those transformations are the dynamics of the drama. The analysis involves the study of: (1) imperatival expressions, denoting anticipated movements of the audience, (2) declarative clauses, indicating physical movement, (3) words of emotion, denoting psychological movements in the dyad and (4) pathos, referring to the emotion generated or anticipated in the audience. The study observes a chronological sequence and a plot and shows a gradation in intimacy and distance, indicated respectively by love and hate, between Woman Wisdom and the Young Man who is the recipient of the teachings and stands in the place of the actual reader. It looks too at physical movement and gradation in the Strange Woman's advances toward him. The application of Martin Buber's theory of “I and Thou” to the dyad of the Young Man and wisdom/Woman Wisdom illuminates the complementary and indispensable “I-It” and “I-Thou” attitudes which indicate respectively an intellectual learning of wisdom and a loving commitment to Woman Wisdom. The Young Man's partaking of Woman Wisdom's banquet is the high point of the “I-Thou” encounter and the climax of the progressive relationship between them. That successful conclusion to the pursuit is the fulfilment of a commitment to the “eternal Thou.” The fear of Yahweh has been the beginning and the end of the pursuit of wisdom.

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Smilévitch, Éric. "Traduction et interprétation du livre des Proverbes à travers le Talmud et les commentaires juifs médiévaux." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014STRAC031/document.

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Depuis la traduction grecque des Septante, le livre biblique Michlé est traduit par « Livre des Proverbes ». Or, dans la tradition herméneutique juive, la signification correcte n’est pas « proverbes » mais « paraboles ». Ce choix de signification modifie le contenu de l’ensemble du livre, puisqu’il invite à lire et à interpréter ses assertions dans un tout autre horizon que la perspective reçue depuis la Septante. Il fallait donc traduire le texte hébraïque de Michlé sur de nouvelles bases, en suivant l’herméneutique talmudique et midrachique, reprise et développée à l’époque médiévale par les commentateurs, les philosophes et les grammairiens juifs. Nous proposons ainsi une traduction nouvelle, accompagnée de commentaires et de notes philologiques qui explorent « les » sens du texte hébreu en fonction de ses strates métaphoriques et allégoriques, et en déploient le contenu. Cette traduction est précédée d’une longue introduction qui permet de comprendre les prémisses de l’herméneutique juive ; et s’efforce de déchiffrer les processus littéraires et historiques qui en empêchent l’accès, et engendrent les malentendus dont Michlé est un exemple crucial. Il importait encore de faire le point sur l’état actuel de la traduction des textes bibliques, tant du point de vue des travaux réalisés en France que du point de vue des impératifs internes de la tradition hébraïque. Une part importante de l’introduction est donc aussi consacrée aux problèmes méthodologiques particuliers à la traduction des écrits bibliques ; et à l’esquisse d’une démarche dont la traduction de Michlé est la mise en pratique
Since the Greek Septuagint, the biblical book Mishlei is translated "Book of Proverbs". But in the Jewish hermeneutic tradition, the correct translation is "parables". This new meaning changes the meaning of the whole book. It was therefore necessary to translate the Hebrew text of Mishlei on a new basis, following the Talmudic and midrashic hermeneutics, extended and developed in medieval times by commentators, philosophers and Jewish grammarians. Thus, we propose a new translation, with commentary and philological notes that explore the meanings of the Hebrew text including its metaphorical and allegorical layers. This translation is preceded by a long introduction devoted to locate the premises of Jewish hermeneutics, and to understand the literary and historical proces that prevent access, and create misunderstandings which Mishlei is a crucial example. An important part of the introduction is also devoted to methodological problems of translation of biblical writings

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De, Wet Daniël Paulus. "Wisdom and Ubuntu : a close reading of Proverbs 1-9 in dialogue with African Ubuntu." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50548.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2005
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate that a dialogue can be established between wisdom in Proverbs 1 - 9 and ubuntu. This dialogue becomes evident from a close reading of Proverbs 1 - 9 and from a study of the correspondence between the worldviews found in ancient Israel and Africa respectively. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu is a Zulu saying that has its equivalent in nearly every sub- Saharan culture. Briefly, it translates to: "A human being is a human being because of (other) human beings." This points to a uniquely African view of human beings. This communal emphasis is also found within the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. The sages of the Old Testament attach great importance to harmony in the community and strongly emphasise obedience to wisdom as a way of accomplishing this harmony. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu is especially challenging from an academic point of view. On the one hand, wisdom highlights valuable aspects of African ways of life, principles and ideas that are often overlooked or ignored. On the other hand, ubuntu holds the promise of a nonwestern tradition that has been misread and marginalised in history, but that is reclaiming its place. A close reading is used to interpret the particular words, images and organisation of the scenes or passages in Proverbs 1 - 9. The interaction between the worldviews of ancient Israel and Africa leads us to further conclusions, identifying gaps in our knowledge and pointing to directions that could be followed in hermeneutics of which scholars have been unaware up to now. It also helps to sharpen the focus on wisdom by suggesting new perspectives of interpretation. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu leads us to fresh, exciting insights and a deeper understanding of issues that are of central concern in the field of wisdom theology research. In Proverbs 1 - 9, wisdom theology is redefined from an ubuntu perspective. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu thus leads us to a new development within wisdom theology. It helps us appreciate the new emphasis on communality. This does not happen in isolation. i1Ji1' m~tl'is identified as the primal source of wisdom. It must be regarded, however, in combination with the emphasis on living in communion with others. The essence of the new understanding - an existential understanding of wisdom - leads us towards appreciating the interrelatedness between human beings. Creation theology can be understood as deed/consequence theology, where the intimate relationship between experiencing divine awe and living in communion with others becomes evident. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu redefines the deed/consequence or causality aspect of wisdom theology as the "goal" of the wise. It is not the aim of this dissertation to copy some previously developed theological approach from one context into another, but rather to stimulate creative hermeneutical thinking with regard to African views on Old Testament wisdom literature. In this study we come to the conclusion that Afrocentric hermeneutics has the potential to be more responsive to the context of the Old Testament wisdom literature than Western theological exegesis has been.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die oogmerk van hierdie proefskrif is om aan te dui dat daar 'n dialoog bestaan tussen wysheid in Spreuke I - 9 in die Ou Testament en die Afrikakonsep ubuntu. Hierdie dialoog word duidelik wanneer 'n mens Spreuke 1 - 9 noukeurig lees en wanneer jy die ooreenkomste bestudeer tussen die verskillende wereldbeelde wat in antieke Israel en Afrika aangetrefword. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu is 'n Zoeloegesegde waarvoor gelyksoortige begrippe in feitlik elke Afrikakultuur suid van die Sahara bestaan. Dit kan vertaal word as: "'n Mens is 'n mens as gevolg van (ander) mense." Dit dui op 'n unieke Afrika-wereldbeeld. Hierdie klem op die lewe in gemeenskap vind ons ook in die wysheidsliteratuur van die Ou Testament. Die Ou-Testamentiese wysheidsleraars heg groot waarde aan harmonie binne die gemeenskap en rig 'n sterk appel tot gehoorsaamheid aan die wysheid om harmonie te bewerkstellig. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu bied 'n groot uitdaging veral vanuit 'n akademiese perspektief. Aan die een kant beklemtoon wysheid talle waardevolle aspekte van die Afrikaleefwyse, -beginsels en -idees wat dikwels misgekyk word. Aan die ander kant kry die konsep ubuntu sy regmatige plek binne die verstaan van 'n niewesterse tradisie wat dikwels in die verlede gemarginaliseer is. 'n Noukeurige lees van die teks van Spreuke 1 - 9 word gebruik om sekere begrippe en parafrases beter te verstaan. Die interaksie tussen die wereldbeelde van antieke Israel en Afrika lei daartoe dat nuwe denkrigtings in die hermeneutiek, wat tot op hede nog nie ontgin is nie, geidentifiseer word. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu bied dus aan navorsers 'n instrument om Spreuke 1 - 9 vanuit 'n nuwe hermeneutiese perspektief te lees. Die interaksie tussen die verskillende wereldbeelde van antieke Israel en Afrika lei tot verdere konklusies; leemtes in ons verstaan en vertolking word byvoorbeeld uitgewys. Verder bied dit nuwe perspektiewe op die veld van die interpretasie van wysheid. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu lei tot nuwe, opwindende insig en 'n beter verstaan van kwessies wat binne die navorsing oor wysheidsteologie van belang is. Die wysheidsteologie in Spreuke I - 9 word geherdefinieer vanuit 'n ubuntu-perspektief. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu lei dus tot 'n nuwe ontwikkeling binne die wysheidsteologie. Dit stel ons in staat om die k1em op gemeenskaplikheid beter te verstaan. Hierdie nuwe verstaan vind egter nie in isolasie plaas nie. i1VPn~rl' is steeds die vertrekpunt vir die verstaan van wysheid. Die bogenoemde dialoog kan beter verstaan word deur die klem wat gele word op die lewe in gemeenskap met andere. Die kern van hierdie nuwe verstaan - 'n eksistensiele verstaan van wysheid - bring in ons 'n groter bewuswording van die onderlinge verbondenheid tussen mense. Skeppingsteologie kan verstaan word as oorsaak/gevolg-teologie, waar die noue verhouding tussen ontsag vir God en lewe in verbondenheid met andere duidelik word. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu herdefinieer die oorsaaklgevolg- of kousaliteitsaspek van wysheidsteologie as die "doel" van die wysheidsleraar. Die doel van hierdie proefskrif is nie om 'n teologiese benadering vanuit een konteks op 'n ander een van toepassing te maak nie, maar eerder om kreatiewe hermeneutiese denke te stimuleer aangaande Afrikaperspektiewe op Ou-Testamentiese wysheidsliteratuur. Deur hierdie studie kom ons tot die gevolgtrekking dat Afrosentriese hermeneutiek die potensiaal het om 'n beter verstaan tot die konteks van Ou- Testamentiese wysheidsliteratuur te bied as wat Westerse teologiese eksegese kon.

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Balla and Zsolt. "Jeffrey Burns: The music of psalms, Proverbs and Job in the Hebrew bible : A revised theory of musical accents in the Hebrew bible ; general analysis, bibliography, table of contents CD with complete text and audio files of musically reconstructed psalms, proverbs and Job, sung by computer speech synthesis [rezensiert von] Zsolt Balla." Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2012/6174/.

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rezensiertes Werk: Jeffrey Burns: The music of psalms, Proverbs and Job in the Hebrew bible : A revised theory of musical accents in the Hebrew bible ; general analysis, bibliography, table of contents CD with complete text and audio files of musically reconstructed psalms, proverbs and Job, sung by computer speech synthesis. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. 169 S. ISBN 978-3-447-06191-9

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Effa, Marvin James. "A project to help believers at Bethany Bible Church grow in their understanding of biblical finances through the study of the New Testament and Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Bady, Guillaume. "Le Commentaire inédit sur les proverbes attribué à Jean Chrysostome : Introduction, édition critique et traduction." Lyon 2, 2003. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2003/bady_g.

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Le commentaire sur les Proverbes de Salomon est un texte inédit, de langue grecque, appartenant à la littérature de l'Antiquité tardive et, plus précisément, au christianisme ancien et à la patristique. Il peut être attribué ici à Jean Chrysostome, Père de l'Eglise né à Antioche de Syrie et devenu Jean Ier, archevêque de Constantinople à la fin du IVe siècle après J. -C. L'introduction de la thèse présence en préambule les problèmes d'authenticité par rapport aux anonymes pseudo-chrysostomiens et à la vie de l'auteur présumé. Le chapitre I, consacré à la paléographie, retrace la transmission du commentaire à travers l'histoire des manuscrits. Le chapitre II caractérise la version lucianique ou antiochienne, de la Bible des Septante utilisée pour commenter les Proverbes. Le chapitre III définit le genre littéraire de ce commentaire continu, laissé dans un état rédactionnel brut, marqué en tout cas par un vocabulaire riche en hapax, une tendance à l'atticisme et un style elliptique et vivant. Le chapitre IV traite des Proverbes à travers leur réception patristique et l'exégèse, typiquement antiochienne, c'est-à-dire littérale et morale, de Jean Bouche d'Or. Le chapitre V fait une comparaison avec des oeuvres non chrysostomiennes et en tire des conclusions favorables à l'authenticité non seulement du Commentaire sur les Proverbes, mais aussi de celui sur l'Ecclésiaste, jusque-là considéré comme un anonyme pseudo-chrysostomien, et d'autres fragments caténaires. Le texte grec est édité avec un apparat critique englobant la tradition des chaînes. La traduction en regard est accompagnée de notes de philologie, d'histoire ou de théologie concernant le texte, la Bible, la littérature antique, l'exégèse patristique et l'oeuvre chrysostomienne. Suivent une annexe (la liste des citations et allusions aux Proverbes dans les oeuvres de Chrysostome), un index scripturaire ainsi qu'un index des mots grecs et des noms propres et, enfin, une bibliographie.

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Cedergren, Mickaëlle. "L'écriture biblique de Strindberg : Étude textuelle des citations bibliques dans Inferno, Légendes et Jacob lutte." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University, Department of French, Italian and Classical Languages, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-528.

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Inferno constitutes a turning point in Strindberg's literary production in that scriptural quotations appear more frequently and a new style emerges. This thesis presents the characteristics of the scriptural quotations appearing in Inferno (1897) and Jacob Wrestles (a fragment following Légendes, written in French and in Swedish in 1898). Comparative, discourse, textual and intertextual approaches are used to define the place and role of scriptural quotations in this literary corpus.

From a historical point of view, both novels are part of the religious history of late 19th century France, where religion played a more important role than during the scientific, rationalist era characterizing the preceding decades. Strindberg adopts a new style corresponding to the spirit of his time. The art of "quoting the Bible at random" is a rhapsodic style, which appears mainly in Strindberg’s correspondence, in his Occult Diary (writings contemporary with Inferno) and in the work of some French 19th century writers. This style originates, above all, in the occult tradition, but it is also a means of imitating the Bible and identifying with a prophetic figure.

The research discussed in this dissertation has made it possible to determine, for the first time, what Bible translations are used in the two novels by Strindberg (translations by Ostervald and Martin / Roques). Five different types of rewritings of quotations were found: omissions, cutting of verses, substitutions, typographical changes and inversions. These variations were aimed at harmonising the Biblical text and the Strindbergian text, while removing contextual and theological elements that bothered the writer. The discourse analysis has concentrated on the quotations viewed as reported speech, distinguishing different ways of introducing Biblical verses in the novel. It was found that the narrator's subjectivity is present in the comments leading up to the quotations. The polyphonic character of some quotations has stressed the importance of identification play between the narrator and certain quotations characters such as Christ, Job and the psalmist.

The intertextual analysis has revealed a large number of similarities in the scriptural quotations in the literary production of Strindberg, Swedenborg and French 19th century literature. It is shown that Inferno contains various quotations that appear in Occult Diary and in other writers’ works, such as those of Swedenborg, Péladan, Zola, Huysmans and Chateaubriand. Jacob Wrestles, on the other hand, does not include as many intertextual elements but instead reassembles many scriptural quotations that were underlined in the Bible translation used for this novel: La Sainte Bible, Ostervald's translation from 1890, which can be found in Blå Tornet (The Strindberg Museum in Stockholm). Strindberg is consequently recycling Biblical material when he writes Inferno, while resorting to the French Bible of Ostervald from 1890 to write Jacob Wrestles.

The quotations strewn in Inferno constitute a crescendo and reveal the narrator’s unsuccessful attempt at conversion, at the same time forming the structure of a complaint psalm in which the narrator cries out his suffering and awaits liberation. In the French text of Jacob Wrestles, the writer offers a package of scriptural quotations in order to identify the narrator as "a religious man", imploring God's mercy like Moses and Job. In the Swedish text of Jacob Wrestles, a new perspective is introduced as a result of the change in language, the change from Old to New Testament, the new spiritual disposition of the narrator and the sudden intrusion of the writer in the narrator’s space. The role of scriptural quotations in the entire fragment of Jacob Wrestles is a true linguistic, thematic and theological revolution, which accounts for the narrator's extraordinary religious evolution. The misery of the narrator in Inferno allows a ray of Christian hope, which will persist in Strindbergs’s literary production post-Inferno.

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Longonga, Ngumbu Stanislas. "Recherches sur le vocabulaire de la droiture et de l'innocence dans la Septante des Psaumes, Proverbes et Job." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019STRAK004/document.

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Cette thèse est consacrée à la Septante et s’inscrit dans le courant de recherche qui étudie son vocabulaire et son style. Si des études ont été menées sur différents thèmes, il n’existe pas cependant d’étude systématique sur le vocabulaire de la droiture et de l’innocence dont l’impact sur le langage religieux chrétien postérieur est pourtant remarquable. Cette thèse qui se veut une contribution à ce courant de recherche en abordant un champ lexical négligé par la recherche antérieure, limite l’enquête à trois livres sapientaux, à savoir, les livres des Psaumes, Proverbes et Job. La démarche consiste à établir l'équivalence entre la LXX et le Texte Massorétique, la LXX et la littérature grecque, la LXX et la littérature juive hellénistique en se penchant sur l'arrière-fond des termes, les similitudes et les écarts dus à l'environnement culturel, dans l’objectif de comprendre le sens et le choix des termes grecs mobilisés
This thesis is dedicated to the Septuagint and is part of the current of research that studies its vocabulary and style. While studies have been conducted on different themes, there is no systematic study of the vocabulary of uprighteousness and innocence, which has had however an impact on later Christian religious language. This thesis which is intended as a contribution to this current of research by addressing a lexical field neglected by previous research limits the investigation to three sapiential books, namely, the books of Psalms, Proverbs and Job. The approach consists in establishing the equivalence between the LXX and the Masoretic Text, the LXX and the Greek literature, the LXX and the Hellenistic Jewish literature by examining the background of the terms, the similarities and the differences due to the cultural environment, in order to understand the meaning and the choice of the Greek terms mobilized

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Danezan, Meredith. "Du texte d'auteur aux textes des chaînes. Édition et traduction des chaînes aux Proverbes (1-3 ; 8, 22-36 ; 30, 15-33 et 31, 10-31)." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUL147.

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Le présent ouvrage livre la première édition et la première traduction de l’ensemble des chaînes aux Proverbes recensées pour les Chapitres 1 à 3 ; 8, 22-36 ; 30, 15-33 et 31, 10-31 des Proverbes. Les résultats de cette recherche permettent de considérer sous un jour nouveau la mouvance observée entre les différentes traditions caténaires. L’apport d’un manuscrit jusqu’ici négligé, le Bodleianus Barocci 195, permet de démêler l’écheveau de textes amalgamés, non délimités, souvent anonymes et parfois fautivement attribués par les caténistes ou les critiques. Il permet de retrouver un état de texte long et articulé, sous la forme d’un commentaire continu, de l’exégèse de Didyme aux Proverbes, quand les autres traditions ont eu tendance à la pulvériser sous la forme d’une multitude de scholies. Le commentaire qui accompagne cette édition repense à la fois les rapports entre les différentes formes de textes et le rapport de ces textes aux textes d’auteurs, jusqu’à redéfinir les contours d’un genre généralement conçu de façon trop monolithique : la chaîne exégétique. Outre les fragments nouveaux qu’il porte à la connaissance du public, le présent ouvrage se propose de reconstruire, sur la base de l’échantillon considéré, la personnalité herméneutique et littéraire d’auteurs qui ne sont pas conservés, pour les commentaires aux Proverbes, autrement que par cette forme de littérature secondaire : Didyme d’Alexandrie au premier chef, mais aussi Hippolyte et Origène. La mise en regard des traditions caténaires donne un riche aperçu de la réception patristique du premier des trois livres bibliques attribués au Roi Salomon
The present work gives the first edition and first translation of all the catenae on the Proverbs known to these days, for parts commenting on Chapters 1 to 3 ; 8, 22-36 ; 30, 15-33 and 31, 10-31. The results of my inquiry allow to give a new signification to the mobility between the different traditions. The rediscovery of a neglected witness, the Bodleianus Barocci 195, brings some new light on texts amalgamated, without clear delimitation, often anonymous, and sometimes wrongly ascribed to antique writers by compilers or modern critics. It allows to have access to an extended and more articulated state of text for Didymus’ work on the Proverbs: a running commentary, not membra disjecta. The analysis in a separate volume rethinks the links between the different forms of texts and those between the catenary texts and the original texts. It renews our understanding of a too strictly defined genre: the exegetical catena. In addition to new fragments edited for the first time, the present work tries to rebuild the exegetic and literary personality of authors whose commentaries on the Proverbs are not preserved out of this form of secondary literature: Didymus of Alexandria first, but also Hippolytus and Origen. The parallel established between the various catenary traditions gives a rich insight into the Patristic reception of the first of the three biblical books ascribed to King Salomon

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Issa, Huwaida Jaber. "Proverbs, modified proverbs and curses in two novels of the Syrian coast." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9139/.

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This thesis considers proverbs, modified proverbs and curses in two novels of the Syrian coast: Muftaraq al-Maṭar by Yūsif al-Maḥmūd, and Anājīl al-Xarāb by Naufal Nayouf. Chapter two presents the theories of proverbs put forward by different scholars. It discusses how can proverbs be either literal or figurative. It also explains what the components of the figurative proverb are. Chapter three applies this theoretical framework to the proverbs selected from both novels. Chapter four presents different theories about the formation of modified proverbs, focusing on Partington’s classification, and applying his categories to modified proverbs in the two novels. Chapter five reviews different scholarly perspectives on curses. Curses in these two novels are then categorized and discussed in accordance with these perspectives. Proverbs are very common in both novels, with 521 proverbs in Muftaraq al-Maṭar and 127 proverbs in Anājīl al-Xarāb. A number of formal features are particularly prominent: assonance and alliteration and morphological and lexical repetition. Figuration is important in both novels, metaphor being the dominant figure of speech. The dominant cultural feature in proverbs in both novels is domestic life. Most proverbs in Muftaraq al-Maṭar are used on the Syrian coast only, giving the novel a very local orientation. In both novels the great majority of modified proverbs originate from folklore. The commonest social function of modified proverbs in Anājīl al-Xarāb is practical advice, while the commonest social function in Muftaraq al-Maṭar is human nature/life/emotion. Rephrasing and substitution are common modified proverb formation techniques in both novels. The dominant semantic relationship of modified proverbs to their original counterparts in both novels is synonymy. While there are a significant number of curses in Muftaraq al-Maṭar, there are only a few curses in Anājīl al-Xarāb. God is a very important cultural feature of curses in both Anājīl al-Xarāb and Muftaraq al-Maṭar, and wishing people harm is also fairly significant in curses in both novels.

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Ersozlu, Elif. "Translation strategies for proverbs." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327134.

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Cobos, Ruben. "New Mexican Spanish Proverbs." Mexican American Studies & Research Center, The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624785.

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Keefer, Arthur. "The didactic function of Proverbs 1-9 for the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285705.

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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 Proverbs, Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by supplying interpretive frameworks in literary, rhetorical and theological contexts for representative portions of Proverbs 10-31. Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by intending to teach interpretive skills, and it functions for the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31 by instilling the competence required to explicate this material. In this way, Proverbs 1-9 provides a didactic introduction for the remainder of the book. The exegetical starting point for this study is Prov 10:1-22:16, a collection of proverbs with hermeneutical challenges that require certain information and skills for interpretation. After exposing the assumptions that underlie these interpretive challenges, I demonstrate how Proverbs 1-9 informs them and hence how it functions didactically, whilst organising the material based on three features of the entire book of Proverbs: character types, educational goals, and the book's theology. Character types involve the identity and function of certain characters in Proverbs, such as the wise, wicked or diligent man. Educational goals account for the overall aims and values towards which Proverbs guides the reader, as well as highlighting the importance of discerning moral ambiguity. The theological context considers passages representative of those that mention the Lord: human postures towards the Lord, the Lord's affection and assessment, and his superior wisdom and sovereignty. With established conclusions regarding the relationship of Proverbs 1-9 and 10:1-22:16, the didactic function of Proverbs 1-9 for 22:17-31:31 is also explored, showing the book-wide function of this "introduction." This study demonstrates the function of Proverbs 1-9 for Proverbs 10-31 in some of the most prominent interpretive contexts of the book and, in the process, advances current key interpretive debates within Proverbs scholarship.

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Green, Charles Philip. "A counselor's handbook of Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Овсянко, Олена Леонідівна, Елена Леонидовна Овсянко, and Olena Leonidivna Ovsianko. "English proverbs reflecting positive connotations." Thesis, Cognum Publishing House, 2021. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/86201.

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Стаття присвячена дослідженню англомовних прислів’їв з позитивною конотацією. Мета роботи полягає в ідентифікації модифікованих прислів’їв з лексемою Good та її алонімами. Отримані дані дозволяють визначити лінгвістичний статус прислів’їв та специфіку їх використання у художньому дискурсі. Результати дослідження засвідчують превалювання позитивної оцінки над негативною у структурі прислів’їв.
Статья посвящена исследованию англоязычных пословиц с положительной коннотацией. Цель работы состоит в идентификации модифицированных пословиц с лексемой Good и ее аллонимами. Полученные данные позволяют определить лингвистический статус пословиц и специфику их использования в художественном дискурсе. Результаты исследования свидетельствуют о превалировании положительной оценки над негативной в структуре пословиц.
The research of English proverbs that reflect positive connotations is dealt with in this paper. The principal aim of the investigation is to reveal examples of modified English proverbs with the lexeme Good and its allonyms. The data obtained enable us to determine the nature of proverbs and their usage in literary discourse. Our findings prove evidence for prevailing positive connotations over negative ones.

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Alkhozaimi, Luord Abdulsalam. "The syntax of Syriac Proverbs." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1673.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LUORD A. SAMAAN ALKHOZAIMI, for the Master of Arts degree in APPLIED LINGUISTICS, presented on 04/06/15, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: THE SYNTAX OF SYRIAC PROVERBS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Jeffrey Punske Proverbs are an important part of a language. To my knowledge, there is no research that investigates the syntax of Syriac proverbs. So, this study aims to shed light on the syntax of Syriac proverbs to add further information to our understanding of Syriac. For this purpose, I ask questions like: i) Can Syriac proverbs be negated? ii) Can they be passivized? iii) Can they be topicalized? iv) Can they allow question? v) Can the subject be raised? vi) Can their tense and aspect be altered? The data were chosen randomly from Zomaia (2007). The proverbs were examined based on native speaker judgments. The analysis implied identifying the components of each proverb then applying the rule of each aspect on each proverb was performed. Results from the study showed that some of the Syriac proverbs, from the randomly chosen sample, were modifiable syntactically. A number of factors that appeared to influence the applicability of some aspects rules were identified as: like the availability of subject, verb, and object. The reason for some proverbs were non-modifiable was because of the absence of the main components for the transformation process. The results of the study contribute to an understanding of the restricted nature of Syriac proverbs semantically and idiomatically. Recommendations for further research were also identified in the field of syntax concerning Syriac.

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Waugh, Charles H. "Proverbs a study in interpersonal communication /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Mathai, Joel Abraham. "Wisdom in the context of Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Stanley, Mary Jean. "The godly woman of Proverbs 31." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Ostby, Mark A. "A study of [lev] in the Book of Proverbs with consideration of its meaning in Proverbs 4:23." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993.
"Lev" appears on t.p. in Hebrew letters. Extra t.p. and abstract at end of fiche. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-125).

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Renner, Jasmine R. "Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. http://amzn.com/1489577688.

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Many hands, light work -- Chasing two antelopes, at the same time -- The boat, the leader and the water -- A child crawls, then stands -- The monkey, a jump and a tree -- A tree is cut down -- Moving the elephant in one day -- The tree, over the top and the earth -- an army, a sheep, and a lion -- Bundle of sticks are unbreakable. Children like it simple, powerful and compelling, don't they? The "spirit" of this book makes leadership lessons for kids simple, powerful yet compelling. This "treasure trove" of illustrated stories from African Proverbs is filled with compelling leadership lessons for children all over the world. This book is written for children in every nation whose little minds are curious, who love to explore new and different worlds and who love to listen to stories. "Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs" contains the Proverb, the Story, the Lesson and the country. Proverbs and sayings are found in almost every culture in the world and so not only will children respond to its meaning but adults will find it enriching. In this children's leadership book, the sayings of African proverbs form the basis of the leadership lesson. Not only will you read it and hear it. Your child(ren) will glean life-long leadership nuggets and lessons from it. Stories are like magic, taking us everywhere: backwards, forwards or happening right in the present time, transporting us to many places and situations we might never go. There is a world of wisdom contained in each proverb and we can learn a lot about children's Leadership Lessons from them. So sit down with your toddler, infant, child or children and teach them these simple, profound and compelling leadership lessons through African Proverbs and storytelling. It is hoped that at the very least, proverbs can be a source of entertainment if not a learning tool to teach and entertain your child.
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Ngalande, Sande. "Nsenga Proverbs in Zambia:Linguistic, Ethnographic and Logical Analyses." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175202.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)
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新制・課程博士
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京都大学大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科アフリカ地域研究専攻
(主査)教授梶茂樹, 教授荒木茂, 准教授高田明, 教授木村大治
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Boyd, Steven William. "The Use of ZAMAM and MEZIMMAH in Proverbs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Steyn, Lynette. "Reflection on wise living analysis of Proverbs 3 /." Diss., Pretoria : [S.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10232007-144102/.

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Schwáb, Zoltán S. "A theological interpretation of the Book of Proverbs." Thesis, Durham University, 2011. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3365/.

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The dissertation seeks to offer a theological interpretation of Proverbs which simultaneously does justice to the results of historical and philological research; to the Christian theological tradition; and to the context of contemporary secular society. The opening chapter will investigate the history of Proverbs’ theological interpretation in the last two hundred years. For 19th century interpretation a major theological and ethical challenge was that Proverbs bases its motivational system on the reader’s self-interest. The same phenomenon has not been considered problematic in more recent scholarship because, it has been claimed, if Proverbs is understood in the context of ‘creation theology’ then this explains its apparent selfishness and also helps to clarify its relationship to other biblical texts. However, it will be argued that ‘creation theology’ in itself does not solve all theological problems in Proverbs’ interpretation. It will be also argued that Proverbs offers a plurality of themes among which creation is only one, and from which the interpreter can choose according to his or her interests and aims. The second chapter will describe the methodology of the dissertation. Most theological interpretations in the last two hundred years have reconstructed Proverbs’ theology in view to its historical setting. However, little attention has been paid to the hermeneutical questions concerning Proverbs’ recontextualisation and to the wider theological tradition of the religious communities that consider it as their Scripture. A canonical approach can incorporate these concerns, too. The third chapter will discuss the problem of self-interest. This will be investigated in the framework of Thomas Aquinas’s eudaemonistic theological ethics. The fourth chapter will discuss Proverb’s secular appearance. Besides sociological descriptions of the ‘secular,’ several strands of the wider Christian theological tradition will be utilized to handle this phenomenon theologically.

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Jang, Tae-Sang. "Balance and bi-partie structure in Hausea proverbs." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521191.

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There are two basic assumptions that initiated this study. The first is that Hausa proverbs, as is so often the case with many other African oral traditions, are highly abundant in poetic elements. The second is that these poetic elements can be identified and described in a systematic literary manner. The main thesis starts from a discussion of the notion of quantitative balance and bipartite structure. Hausa proverbs are normally bipartite in form and many aesthetic connotations arise from this. This will be the main thrust of Chapter 2. What follows this initial discussion is the analysis of proverbial syntax, which is the main task of Chapter 3. The particular concern addressed here is that quantitative balance is so basic a feature in Hausa proverbs that varied syntactic features are often intimately involved in enhancing it: the deleting, retaining, frontshifting, genitivising or inserting pressure upon a grammatical or lexical element can be connected to the issue of the quantitative balance. Not only does the bipartite structure produce the hypothesis of quantitative balance, but it also operates as a structural frame on which phonological balance and cohesion derived from inter-section phonological correspondence can be superimposed. As quantitative balance is often enhanced in terms of various syntactic devices, so is the phonological balance and cohesion. It is this that characterises Chapter 4. The remainder of the thesis, i.e. Chapter 5, takes up the discussion of syntactic balance due to syntactic parallelism whose realisation would also be impossible without the postulation of the notion of bipartite structure. However. this thesis addresses another issue: the definition of the proverb. It is a generally well-known fact that the proverb is the shortest form of verbal art, but the most difficult genre of oral literature to define. As a student of oral literature, I am also interested in this topic. Thus, Chapter 1 deals with the definition of the proverb through a new approach, i.e. contextual approach. Finally, I attach two appendices at the back of the thesis. Appendix 1 lists extra examples to provide more support for the arguments in the main discussion. Appendix 2 covers all the examples presented in both the main discussion and appendix 1, listing them alphabetically. Thus cross-reference may be an advantage that these two appendices can provide.

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Cox, Robert Tinsley. "A literary and expositional study of Proverbs Seven." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Hartranft, Jay. "Preaching Proverbs communicating biblical truth through wisdom literature /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Vu, Long Duc. "The nature of [chochmah] in Proverbs 1-9." Chicago, IL : Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.033-0841.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2007.
Chochmah appears in Hebrew script on t.p. Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87).

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Madi, Yamen. "The translation of context-based proverbial expressions from Arabic into English." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07082009-161339.

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Heim, Knut Martin. "Structure and context in Proverbs 10:1-22:16." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309953.

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Linchevska, O. E. "Gender stereotypes "male" "female" in Ukrainian and English proverbs." Thesis, Міжнародний центр наукових досліджень, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18994.

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The article deals with the problem of gender stereotypes in Ukrainian and English proverbs. The male and female names of the objects have been analyzed in the given research.
Дана стаття описує гендерні стереотипи в українських та англійських прислів'ях. Назви предметів чоловічого та жіночого роду проаналізовані в данному дослідженні.

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Meininger, Heidi. "Swedish adolescents' understanding of concrete and abstract English proverbs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172447.

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The aim of this essay is to find out how well Swedish adolescents understand concrete and abstract English proverbs, if concrete proverbs are easier to understand than abstracts ones, if there are differences between boys’ and girls’ and between monolinguals’ and bilinguals’ understanding of these. In a multiple-choice questionnaire, Swedish 7th to 9th graders read 15 short stories followed by three choices. They were then asked to mark the alternative they thought best described the proverb in each sentence. The results in this study show that, generally, concrete proverbs are easier to understand than abstract ones and that proverb understanding steadily increases in adolescence. Furthermore, the difference between boys and girls as a whole was not significant, nor between monolinguals and bilinguals. However, differences between different language groups were immense.

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Frydrych, Tomáš. "Living under the sun : examination of Proverbs and Qoheleth." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19767.

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The thesis, motivated by the difficulties that OT wisdom presents to OT theology, analyses the worldviews of Proverbs and Qoheleth and identifies the socioeconomic realities from which these stem, in order to understand the relationship between them. The examination concentrates on the Masoretic form of these books, attempting to analyse them along the lines of the editorial intention: Proverbs is looked upon as having a single voice, Qoheleth as representing two voices. The analysis opens with a discussion of the enterprise that produced the two books, and an attempt is made to identify the basic framework and the aims that characterise it. The worldviews are then formulated under five categories of epistemology, cosmology, theology, anthropology and social perspective, with the practical outworking of these worldviews examined subsequently. Also, some implications of the analysis for the questions of historical development and Sitz im Leben of the books are pointed out. The examination reveals a complex relationship between the two books. It is shown that Proverbs and Qoheleth proper stem from the same tradition of thought, sharing identical aims and using similar methodology, while, in contrast, the voice of the epilogue is shown to originate in a different intellectual milieu. At the same time, significant differences are found under each of the five categories. Both books build on the assumption of objectivity and uniformity of human experience, but Proverbs uses this premise to apply past communal experience to the present and future, while Qoheleth uses it to justify application of present personal experience to both the future and the past. Further, the proverbial understanding is theoretically centred around one God, but in practical terms the cosmological framework is dualistic; Qoheleth's perspective is strictly monotheistic. Neither the Proverbial Yahwism nor Qoheleth's theology, in contrast to the epilogue of Qoheleth, stem directly from the Israelite cult, and they employ different approaches to handling the cultic issues, pointing to a different stage in the relationship between wisdom and the cult. The two anthropologies also differ, with Proverbs having a significantly higher and overall more positive view of humanity. The examination further reveals that the socio-economic backgrounds of the two books are radically different. The proverbial world is one of a small and economically independent community with family as the principal socio-economic unit, and the basic proverbial perspective is likely to date back before the emergence of the Israelite monarchy. In contrast, Qoheleth's world reflects an established imperial set up corresponding well with the common linguistic date in the Flellenistic period. These socio-economic differences are the principal reason why the worldviews of the two books diverge in spite of building upon similar initial premises. This makes it difficult to treat Proverbs and Qoheleth in a simple synchronic fashion and calls for a new approach from the OT theologian.

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Manda, William Joel C. "Bribery in the book of Proverbs an exegetical study /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Silishebo, Silishebo. "African proverbs and pastoral counseling in a Zambia perspective." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (S.T.M.)--Yale Divinity School, Yale University, 1994.
Abstract. Appendix includes several proverbs from the Malozi tribe of Western Zambia in Silozi with English translation. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-110).

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Schwab, Zoltan. "A theological interpretation of the Book of Proverbs: the 'secular' and 'self-interested' nature of Proverbs in the light of a canonical approach." Thesis, Durham University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544470.

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The dissertation seeks to offer a theological interpretation of Proverbs which simultaneously does justice to the results of historical and philological research; to the Christian theological tradition; and to the context of contemporary secular society. The opening chapter will investigate the history of Proverbs’ theological interpretation in the last two hundred years. For 19th century interpretation a major theological and ethical challenge was that Proverbs bases its motivational system on the reader’s self-interest. The same phenomenon has not been considered problematic in more recent scholarship because, it has been claimed, if Proverbs is understood in the context of ‘creation theology’ then this explains its apparent selfishness and also helps to clarify its relationship to other biblical texts. However, it will be argued that ‘creation theology’ in itself does not solve all theological problems in Proverbs’ interpretation. It will be also argued that Proverbs offers a plurality of themes among which creation is only one, and from which the interpreter can choose according to his or her interests and aims. The second chapter will describe the methodology of the dissertation. Most theological interpretations in the last two hundred years have reconstructed Proverbs’ theology in view to its historical setting. However, little attention has been paid to the hermeneutical questions concerning Proverbs’ recontextualisation and to the wider theological tradition of the religious communities that consider it as their Scripture. A canonical approach can incorporate these concerns, too. The third chapter will discuss the problem of self-interest. This will be investigated in the framework of Thomas Aquinas’s eudaemonistic theological ethics. The fourth chapter will discuss Proverb’s secular appearance. Besides sociological descriptions of the ‘secular,’ several strands of the wider Christian theological tradition will be utilized to handle this phenomenon theologically.

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Швачко, Світлана Олексіївна, Светлана Алексеевна Швачко, Svitlana Oleksiivna Shvachko, І. О. Дяченко, and Н. І. Троцюк. "Імплементація феномену конкретизації прислів'їв корелюючих мов." Thesis, Cумський державний університет, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/47328.

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Одним із джерел осмислення мови та світогляду народу є паремії (від грец. pareimia − прислів'я). Прислів’я трактуються як видові позначення фольклорних малих жанрів афористичного спрямування. Самі прислів’я містять уявлення про норми співіснування і взаємодії людей та представляють їх цінності. Паремії англійської та української мов є ізотопічними за лексичним складом, комунікативним значенням та стилістичним забарвленням, але при цьому вони відкриті процесам добудови, модифікації, структурно- семантичній девіації.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Proverbs in the Bible'

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