SECTION IV., PROVERBS 25-29. The title of this section adds to the
tradition of a Solomonic collection of proverbs the further tradition
of literary activity in the time of Hezekiah. The same general
considerations hold good of this section as of Proverbs 10-24. (See
Introduction.) It also shows sig... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets
dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually
corrupt and defective.
PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of snow in harvest _cf._ Proverbs
25:13 *.
Proverbs 26:2. Directed against the superstitious belief in... [ Continue Reading ]