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    <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Pub.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2004-c2005</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="start">2004</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">2005</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>Over twenty-five years in the making, this much-anticipated commentary promises to be the standard study of Proverbs for years to come. Written by eminent Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke, this two-volume commentary is unquestionably the most comprehensive work on Proverbs available.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>V. 1: Introduction -- Title -- Text and Versions -- Structure -- Ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature -- Authorship -- Forms of Proverbs -- Theology -- Bibliography -- Text and commentary : collection I (1:1-9:18) -- Collection II : Solomon I (10:1-22:16).</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>V. 2: Collection IIB: the Lord and his king (15:30-22:22) -- Collection III: thirty sayings of the wise (22:17-24:22) -- Collection IV: further sayings of the wise (24:23-34) -- Collection V: Solomon II (25:1-29:27) -- Collection VI: sayings of Agur son of Jakeh (30:1-33) -- Collection VII: sayings of Lemuel (31:1-31).</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Bruce K. Waltke.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and indexes.</note>
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