Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxiii]-xxvi) and indexes.

Translation of Proverbs -- Introduction of Proverbs -- Commentary on Proverbs -- Introduction to the Book (1:1-7) -- The Essence of Wisdom and Virtue (1:1-7) -- The Value of Wisdom and Virtue (1:8-9:18) -- Wisdom, Desire, and Different Ways (1:8-19) -- Wisdom's Rebuke (1:20-33) -- The Procurement, Power, and Protection of Wisdom and Virtue (2:1-22) -- Wisdom and piety (3:1-12) -- Wisdom's Value and Moral Obligations (3:13-35) -- Wisdom and Tradition (4:1-9) -- Wisdom and Ways of Life (4:10-19) -- Wisdom and Moral Anatomy (4:20-27) -- Wisdom and Sexuality (5:1-23) -- Wisdom, Lending, Laziness, and the Immoral Anatomy (6:1-19) -- Wisdom, Desire, and Certain Destruction (6:20-35) -- Wisdom and Seduction (7:1-27) -- Wisdom's Call, Credentials, and the Cosmos (8:1-36) -- Wisdom and Folly's Invitations (9:1-18) -- "Forming 'Fears of YHWH'": The Curriculum of Wisdom and Virtue (10:1-29:27) -- Elementary Wisdom and Virtue (10:1-15:33) -- The Wise, the Righteous, and YHWH: The Pillar of the Moral World (10:1-32) -- Wisdom, Character, and Consequences: The Regulations of the Moral Economy (11:1-31) -- Building Prototypes: Wisdom and the Properties of Moral Character (12:1-28) -- Mapping Moral Authority: Wisdom, Discipline, and Desire (13:1-25) -- From the Moral to the Intellectual: A Montage of Wisdom and Folly (14:1-35) -- Forming Moral Wholeness: The Homogeneity of Normative Character (15:1-33) -- Intermediate Wisdom and Virtue (16:1-22:16) -- YHWH, the King, and the People: The Organization of the Moral Order (16:1-33) -- Cultivating Moral Nurturance: The sustenance of Social Ties and the Self (17:1-28) -- Enhancing Moral Essence: The Complexities of Moral Character and Moral Actions (18:1-24) -- Merging Moral Authority with Moral Accounting: The Value of Wisdom and Instruction (19:1-29) -- Delimiting Moral Bounds: The parameters of (Im)moral Actions (20:1-30) -- Accounting for Intentions: Sharpening Moral Reasoning through Moral Accounting (21:1-31) -- Fostering Moral Valuation: Schemes of Moral Accounting (21:1-16) -- Vocation Wisdom and Virtue (22:17-24:34) -- Moral Motivation: Inspiring Trust in YHWH and Trustworthy Speech (22:17-24:22) -- Justice, Speech, and Work: Variations on the Concept of Moral Order (24:23-34) -- Advanced Wisdom and Virtue (25:1-29:27) -- Imaging Moral Boundaries and Negotiating Social Bonds (25:1-28) -- Producing Perspectival Knowledge: Perceiving People, Social Scenarios, and the Self (26:1-28) -- Emotions and Relationships: The Feelings that Foster and Frustrate Social Bonds (27:1-27) -- An Ethic of Power: Personal, Communal, and Economic Perspectives (28:1-28) -- Moral Authority and the Moral Order: (Il)legitimate Power and Moral Responsibility (29:1-27) -- The Application of Wisdom and Virtue (30:1-31:31) -- "I Neither Know nor Think That I Know": The Wisdom of Limits and the Limits of Human Wisdom (30:1-33) -- The Embodiment of Wisdom and Virtue: Wisdom is the Exercise of Power for the Benefit of the Other (31:1-31) -- Appendixes -- Scripture and Extrabiblical Index -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Proverbs: The (trans)formation of character in accord with wisdom and virtue. What is the good life? Proverbs answers this question across different collections and through different poetic forms, each of which are designed to (trans)form one's character. This project of character formation assumes that wisdom and virtue are multifaceted. They include the intellect, the emotions, and an embodied form of life. This explains why Proverbs seeks to sharpen the reasoning, direct the desires, and cultivate the conduct of readers in accordance with the good. The anthology helps one to discern what is good, to love what is good, and to do what is good, all in relational dependence on God and others." --

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