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Proverbs Bibliographies:

Hildebrandt, Ted. A Rough and Working Bibliography of Proverbs (210 pages,
(7/2005)
*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print], End Note

Gargiulo, Massimo. "Wisdom Literature and Proverbs 1-9: A Bibliography,"
available online at:
http://www.orientalisti.net/wisdom.htm

Steen, Francis. Proverb Bibliography: Paremiological (April, 2000) online at:
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Bibliography.html

Audio Presentations on Proverbs

Fred Putnam, Ph.D. --lecturer, Proverbs expert

                 Presentation #1 (45 minutes; *.mp3)
                 Presentation #2 (45 minutes; *.mp3)
                 Presentation #3 (45 minutes; *.mp3)
                 Presentation #4 (45 minutes; *.mp3)

Dr. Peter Stine and the Princemere Theatre Troupe, Gordon College
"Proverbs for our Time" (*.mp3; 11 minutes)

Digital Proverbs: Audio-Visual Commentary

Proverbs 10:4: by Leandra Harrison, Tim Bagely and Sarah Durley
(6 minute Flash video, Fall 2005) Prov. 10:4 video

* Proverbs 10:7a: by Rebecca Gailey (3 minute Flash video, Fall 2005)
Prov. 10:7a video

        Proverbs 10:12a: by Michelle Calandra, Dan Schultz and Rachel Wolcott
              (3 minute Flash video, Fall 2005)  Prov. 10:12a video
     * Proverbs 10:24: by Kelsey Davis (3 minute Flash video, Fall 2006)
               Prov. 10:24
*** Proverbs 11:7: by John Mirisola, Benjamin Leaman, David Denison
               (3.5 minute Flash video, Fall 2007)
               Prov. 11:7
*** Proverbs 11:24: by Jennie-Rose Saucier, Carl Quinon, Christine Madore,
               Nataniel Punches and Audio by Dr. Peter Stine
               (4 minute Flash video, Fall 2007)
               Prov. 11:24
        Proverbs 12:6: by Sarah Sweitzer (3 minute Flash video, Fall 2005 )
               Prov. 12:16 video

   ** Proverbs 12:9: by Emily Lewis, Laura Johnson, Joel Strycharz
               Voices by Peter Stine, Tim Sherratt, Jaclynn Viani and Emily Lewis
               (3 minute Flash video, Fall 2007 )
               Prov. 12:9 video

Proverbs Books & Theses/Dissertations

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Arnot, William. Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs: Laws from Heaven
          for Life on Earth (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1863). Vol. 1, 429 pgs.
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
           Vol. 2, 412 pgs.
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Baltes, Paul B. Wisdom: The Orchestration of Mind and Virtue. Max Planck
          Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 2004. Available online
          as *.pdf. -- 275 pgs.
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/institut/dok/full/baltes/orchestr/Wisdom_compl.pdf
Bland, Dave. A Rhetorical Perspective on the Sentence Sayings of the Book
          of Proverbs (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1994; 270 pgs.).
            *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Bricker, Daniel P. The Innocent Sufferer in the Book of Proverbs (Ph. D. dissertation
Fuller Theological Seminary, 1998; 317 pgs.).

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Bridges, Charles. A Commentary on Proverbs (New York: R. Carter, 1847; 640 pgs.).
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Delitzsch, Franz. A Commentary on Proverbs (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1876)
          (372 pages) vol. 1: Intro. + Prov. 1:1-17:28
         *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Hopkins, Louisa P. Lessons of the Book of Proverbs Topically Arranged Forming
           a System of Practical Ethics (Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843). 107 pages.
           Google Book
Kovacs, Brian W. Sociological-Structural Constraints Upon Wisdom: The Spatial
           Temporal Matrix of Proverbs 15:28-22:16. (Ph. D. dissertation,
           Vanderbilt University, 1978). [635 pgs.]
          *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Lawson, George. Exposition of the Book of Proverbs (Edinburgh: J. Nisbet, 1821).
           Vol. 1: Chs. 1-18; 459 pgs.
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
           Vol. 2: Chs. 19ff; 435 pgs.
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Pemberton, Glenn D. The Rhetoric of the Father: A Rhetorical Analysis of the
          Father/Son Lectures in Proverbs 1-9. (Ph. D. dissertation, Illif School
          of Theology, University of Denver, 1999; 317 pgs.).
          *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Phillips, Daniel J. "The Sovereignty of Yahweh in the Book of Proverbs: An
          Exercise in Theological Exegesis," M. Div. Thesis, Talbot Theological
          Seminary, 1983 (83 pgs).
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Spurgeon, Charles H. Spurgeon on Proverbs (online book constructed by
          Ted Hildebandt from the website and generosity of Tony Capoccia
          www.biblebb.com) 2007; 568 pgs.
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Stuart, Moses. A Commentary on the Book of Proverbs (Andover: Warren F.
          Draper, 1860). 432 pages.
          Google Book

Tempies, C. Frederick. "A Study of Poverty and Prosperity in the Book of
           Proverbs," (Th. M. Thesis, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1980).
          *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Thomas, David. The Practical Philosohper: a daily monitor for the Business
           Men of England. (London: R. D. Dickinson, 1873)--Homiletical and
           Expository Commentary on Proverbs (799 pages).

          *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Toy, Crawford. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Proverbs (ICC series)
          (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908). 554 pages, critical commentary.
           Google Book

Trench, Richard C. Proverbs and Their Lessons (London: G. Routledge, 1861; 160
pgs.).
*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Wiles, John Keating. The "Enemy" in Israelite Wisdom Literature (Ph. D.
          dissertation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982).
          360 pgs.).
           *.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Proverbs Articles

Baltes, Paul B. and Staudinger, U. M. "Wisdom: A Metaheuristic (Pragmatic)
          to Orchestrate Mind and Virtue Toward Excellence," American
          Psychologist 55 (2000) 122-36. Paper found at the Max Planck
          Institute. available online
          http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/institut/dok/full/Baltes/wisdomam/

Bellis, Alice Ogden. "The Gender and Motives of the Wisdom Teacher in

Proverbs 7." Bulletin for Biblical Research 6 (1996) 15-22.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Bricker, Daniel."The Doctrine of the 'Two Ways' in Proverbs,"

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38.4 (1995) 501-18.

*.pdf [Acrobat print]

Bland, Dave. "Formation of Character in the Book of Proverbs."

Restoration Quarterly 40.4 (1998) 221-237.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Byargeon, Rick W. "The Structure and Significance of Prov 9:7-12,"

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40.3 (1997) 367-375.

*.pdf [Acrobat print]

Burdett, David. "Wisdom Literature and the Promise Doctrine." Trinity

Journal 3 (Spring 1974):1-13.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Chisholm, Robert B. "'Drink Water from Your Own Cistern': A Literary

Study of Proverbs 5:15-23." Bibliotheca Sacra 157 (628)

(2000) 397-409.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Curtis, Edward M. "Old Testament Wisdom: A Model for Faith-Learning Integration,"

Christian Scholars Review 15.3 (1986) 213-27.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Davis, John J. "The Rhetorical Use of Numbers in the Old Testament."

Grace Journal 8 (1967): 40-48.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Franklin, Benjamin. "The Way of Wealth" [1758]."

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Frost, Robert "Mending Wall [Poem, 1914].

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Finkbeiner, Douglas. "An Analysis of the Structure of Proverbs 28 and 29."

Calvary Baptist Theol Journal 11.2 (1995) 1-14.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Godbey, Allen Howard. "The Hebrew Masal." The American Jounral of

Semitic Langauges and Literature 39 (1922-23) 89-108.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Hawkins, Tom R. "The Wife of Noble Character in Proverbs 31:10-31."

Bibliotheca Sacra 153 (1995) 12-23.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Hildebrandt, Ted. "Proverbs 22:6a: Train Up a Child?" Grace Theo Journ

9.1 (1988) 3-19.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

________. "Motivation and Antithetic Parallelism in Proverbs 10-15.

J of the Evangelical Theological Society 35.4 (1992) 433-444.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

_______. "Proverbial Strings: Cohesion in Proverbs 10." Grace Theological

Journal 11.2 (1990) 171-185.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

_______. "The Proverb: an interdisciplinary approach to a biblical genre,"

Tenure Paper, 70 pages. Gordon College, Sept. 1, 2005.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Johnson, John E. "An Analysis of Proverbs 1:1-7." Bib Sac 144 (576)

(1987) 419-432.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Millard, A. R. "In Praise of Ancient Scribes." Bible & Spade 2.2-4

(Spring-Autumn, 1982): 33‑46.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Moore, M. "Wise Women" or Wisdom Woman? A Biblical Study of

Women's Roles. Restoration Quarterly 35.3 (1993) 147-158.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Parsons, Greg W. "Guidelines for Understanding and Proclaiming the

Book of Proverbs," BibSac 150 (April-June, 1993) 151-70.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Paterson, W. P. "The Fools of the Bible." ExpTimes 11 (1899): 13-16.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Patterson, Richard D. "The Widow, the Orphan and the Poor in the Old

Testament and Extra-Biblical Literature." BibSac 130 (1973): 223-34.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Smith, Gary. "The Concept of God/the Gods as King in the Ancient Near

East and the Bible." Trinity Journal 3 (1982): 18-38.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Steinmann, Andrew E. "Proverbs 1-9 as a Solomonic Composition,"

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43.4 (2000) 659-674.

*.pdf [Acrobat print]

Stek, John. "Proverbs: An Introduction." Calvin Theological Journal

36.1 (2001) 342-371.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Waltke, Bruce K. "The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature."

Bibliotheca Sacra 136 (July-September 1979): 221-38.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

________. "The Book of Proverbs and Old Testament Theology."

Bibliotheca Sacra 136 (October-December 1979):302-17.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

________. "Does Proverbs Promise Too Much." Andrews University

Seminary Studies 34.3 (1996) 319-336.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Wilbanks, Pete F. "Non-Proverb Proverbial Bookends: A Possible Lens
for Viewing the Book of Proverbs," Evangelical Theological Society
Southwest Regional, March 26, 1999; New Orleans, LA. 45 pgs.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]
Wilbanks, Pete F. "The Persuasion of Form: A Rhetorical Analysis of
Pr. 31:10-31," Evangelical Theological Society
Southeast Regional, March 2001; Toccoa Falls, GA. 14 pgs.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Wolters, Al. "Nature and Grace in the Interpretation of Proverbs 31:10-31."
Calvin Theo Journ 19 (1984): 153-166.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Zuck, Roy B. "Hebrew Words of 'Teach'." Bib Sac 121 (1964): 228-235.

*.html [web screen]; *.doc [MS Word process]; *.pdf [Acrobat print]

Sermons (audio *.mp3)

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 3:5-6: The Life of Faith,"
Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 3:11-12; 13:24--Spare the Rod and
           Spoil the Child and other Parenting Myth,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 6:1-11 "A Lesson in Finance: consider
           the Gazelle," Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston,
           MA 02108  www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 9--The Fear of the Lord is the
           of Uncommon Sense,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 9--Two Dinner Invitations,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 9--Criticism: How to Take It (pt. 1),"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 9--Criticism: How to Take It (pt. 2),"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 14:4--Simplify!?,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 14:34--Righteousness Exalts a Nation,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org
Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 15:13-17--A Continual Feast,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 16:1-9, 33--The Comfort of
           Providence: My Times are in Your Hands,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 17:9--Why Not Rather Be Wronged,"
Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 18:24--Friendship,"
Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 24:26--Like a Kiss on the Lips,"
Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 26:13-16--Murphy's Law Beats
           the Sluggard,"
           Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
           www.parkstreet.org

Hugenberger, Gordon. "Prov 28:13--Forgive Yourself,"
Park Street Church, One Park St. Boston, MA 02108
www.parkstreet.org

Mayhue, Dick. "The Better Way: Studies in Proverbs," (1999)
           http://www.biblebb.com/files/dm-proverbs.htm
           Transcribed text Tony Capoccia available at:
            http://www.biblebb.com/files/dm-proverbs.htm

Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (Living in the Fear of
the Lord)" Sunday 10/28/07 at Sovereign Grace Baptist
Church; Rio Rico, Arizona. *.mp3 Audio.

Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (Children in Proverbs),"
           Sunday 10/28/2007 at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church;
           Rio Rico, Arizona.   *.mp3 Audio
Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (Marriage),"
           Saturday 10/27/2007 at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church;
           Rio Rico, Arizona.   *.mp3 Audio
Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (Wisdom and Folly),"
           Saturday 10/27/2007 at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church;
           Rio Rico, Arizona.   *.mp3 Audio
Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (God in Proverbs),"
           Saturday 10/27/2007 at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church;
           Rio Rico, Arizona.   *.mp3 Audio
Phillips, Daniel J. "Insights from Proverbs (Understanding Proverbs),"
           Saturday 10/27/2007 at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church;
           Rio Rico, Arizona.   *.mp3 Audio