Reading Proverbs Intertextually
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Sitting alongside the partner volumes Reading Job Intertextually (2012) and Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually (2014) also published in the Library of Hebrew and Old testament Studies, this addition to the series continues the study of intertextuality in the Hebrew Bible. Dell and Kynes provide the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Proverbs. Topics addressed include the intertextual resonances between Proverbs, and texts across the Hebrew canon, as well as texts throughout history, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to African and Chinese proverbial literature. The contributions, though comprehensive, do not provide clear-cut answers, but rather invite further study into connections between Proverbs and external texts, highlighting ideas and issues in relation to the extra texts discussed themselves.
The volume gathers together scholars with specific expertise on the array of texts that intersect with Proverbs and these scholars in turn bring their own insights to the texts at hand. In particular the contributors have been encouraged to pursue the intertextual approach that best suits their topic, thereby offering readers a valuable collection of intertextual case studies that address a single biblical book.
Katharine J Dell
Katharine J. Dell (PhD, University of Oxford) is professor of Old Testament literature and theology at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where she previously served as president. Dell is internationally recognized as an expert on the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament and has written extensively on Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. Her books include Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New, Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually (coauthored with Will Kynes), and an IECOT Commentary on Ecclesiastes / Qoheleth (coauthored with Tova Forti).
Andrew Mein
Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK
Will Kynes
Will Kynes is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Whitworth University, USA.
Laura Quick
Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.
Claudia V Camp
Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.
Jacqueline Vayntrub
Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA
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