Titolo Some Notes on the Early Reception of the Book of Proverbs Periodico Cristianesimo nella storia Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 571 - Pagina finale: 587
This paper discusses the early reception of the Book of Proverbs as reflectedin these three areas: the different headings of the seven collections of sayingsin the Masoretic Text (MT) and the Septuagint (LXX), their differentunderstanding of the first seven verses of the book (Prv 1,1-7) and severalpassages on the power of speech (Prv 18,20-21; 10,11; 10,21). The paper alsopresents an illustration in the late mediaeval Bible historiale that reflects theunderstanding of Solomon’s figure during this period.