Leo G. Perdue

About the Author

Leo G. Perdue, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Forth Worth, Texas, is an international authority on wisdom literature and the author of numerous books, including Proverbs in the Interpretation commentary series (WJK).

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Works by Leo G. Perdue

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Proverbs (2000) 186 copies

Families in Ancient Israel (Family, Religion, and Culture) (1997) 68 copies

Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After the Collapse of History (1994) 62 copies

The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible (2001) — Editor — 60 copies

The Collapse of History: Reconstructing Old Testament Theology (1994) 48 copies

In Search of Wisdom: Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie (1993) 44 copies

The Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires (2008) 42 copies

The Voice from the Whirlwind: Interpreting the Book of Job (1992) 37 copies

Wisdom Literature: A Theological History (2006) 36 copies

Wisdom & Creation: The Theology of Wisdom Literature (1994) 36 copies

Archaeology and Biblical interpretation : essays in memory of D. Glenn Rose (1988) 31 copies

Biblical Theology: Introducing the Conversation (Library of Biblical Theology) (2009) 24 copies

Wisdom in Revolt (JSOT supplement) (1991) 17 copies

Prophet to the Nations: Essays in Jeremiah Studies (1984) 16 copies

Israel and Empire: A Postcolonial History of Israel and Early Judaism (2015) 14 copies

Wisdom and cult : a critical analysis of the views of cult in the wisdom literatures of Israel and the ancient Near… (1977) 10 copies

Scribes, sages, and seers : the sage in the Eastern Mediterranean world (2008) — Editor — 1 copy

Forum: Foundations and Facets Volume 2, Number 3 (1986) 1 copy

Sage of Israel and Ancient Middle East (1990) 1 copy

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Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (2011) — Contributor — 148 copies

Wisdom, you are my sister : studies in honor of Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., on the occasion of his eightieth birthday (1997) — Contributor — 26 copies

The Historical Books (Biblical Seminar) (1997) — Contributor — 19 copies

Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step (Society of Biblical Literature (Numbered)) (2013) — Contributor — 16 copies

The Words of the Wise Are Like Goads: Engaging Qoheleth in the 21st Century (2013) — Contributor — 10 copies

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Birthdate: 1946-10-07
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Proverbs (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for… by Leo G. Perdue

A commentary on the book of Proverbs in the liberal scholarship "tradition." The author spends some time discussing the ancient Near Eastern wisdom traditions. The book follows the paradigm of the Interpretation series, breaking down each "collection" of proverbs-- believed time and place, literary analysis, conclusion, and theology.

The quality and depth of the exegesis is extremely haphazard-- some parts of the proverbs collection are passed over relatively quickly while other portions are discussed in greater depth, and there does not seem to be much logic behind it. Explanations that take context and culture into account, providing historical detail, have value.

Overall, however, the book suffers from the presumption that the majority of Proverbs as we know it derives from the Persian period, and the evidence for such a view is rather scanty. It would have been better to avoid postulating regarding things that cannot be known and to have focused on more that can be fleshed out regarding the proverbs and their role in Israelite society.… (more)

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