Katharine Dell is Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology in the Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow in Divinity at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. An internationally-recognized expert on the wisdom books of the Old Testament, she is the author of volumes on Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature and The Biblical World.

'… Dell has produced a solid book … She is to be commended for engaging much of the secondary literature on Proverbs and on the wisdom literature more generally, as it relates to Proverbs. She exposes the reader to most of the current issues that biblical scholars and theologians are debating about Proverbs today. This volume could be used in any seminary or graduate course in biblical theology or the wisdom literature. It could also be used as a supplementary textbook for a graduate course on Proverbs.' Mark Sneed, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

• 1. Wisdom in Proverbs: The Fountain of Life; 2. Scholarly Evaluations of Proverbs: A Selective Overview; 3. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge: The Theology of Proverbs 1-9; 4. The Theology of the Oldest Proverbial Material; 5. Echoes of Egypt: The Theology of Proverbs 22:17-24:22; 30:1-14; and 31:1-31; 6. Following Life's Path: The Theology of the Book of Proverbs as a Whole; 7. Speaking to a Wider Audience: The Theological Influence of the Book of Proverbs in the Canon; 8. Offering Sagacious Advice: The Ongoing Significance of the Book of Proverbs.

Katharine Dell is Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology in the Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow in Divinity at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. An internationally-recognized expert on the wisdom books of the Old Testament, she is the author of volumes on Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature and The Biblical World.

'… Dell has produced a solid book … She is to be commended for engaging much of the secondary literature on Proverbs and on the wisdom literature more generally, as it relates to Proverbs. She exposes the reader to most of the current issues that biblical scholars and theologians are debating about Proverbs today. This volume could be used in any seminary or graduate course in biblical theology or the wisdom literature. It could also be used as a supplementary textbook for a graduate course on Proverbs.' Mark Sneed, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

• 1. Wisdom in Proverbs: The Fountain of Life; 2. Scholarly Evaluations of Proverbs: A Selective Overview; 3. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge: The Theology of Proverbs 1-9; 4. The Theology of the Oldest Proverbial Material; 5. Echoes of Egypt: The Theology of Proverbs 22:17-24:22; 30:1-14; and 31:1-31; 6. Following Life's Path: The Theology of the Book of Proverbs as a Whole; 7. Speaking to a Wider Audience: The Theological Influence of the Book of Proverbs in the Canon; 8. Offering Sagacious Advice: The Ongoing Significance of the Book of Proverbs.