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Article Title

The Proverbs 31 Woman, Then

Authors

John W. Fadden, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Faculty Essay

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

Before she became a cultural icon of Christian womanhood, before she was invoked in funeral eulogies, and even before she was recounted by Jewish husbands to their wives on the Sabbath, the woman of Proverbs 31:10-31 represented an elite masculine perspective among the golah community centered in Jerusalem during the Persian period. The following paragraphs seek to offer the reader a glimpse into how Proverbs 31:10-31 reflects this historical context. In particular, the poem relies on economic activities and values of elite women and households then, which may be foreign to today's readers in the United States.

First Page

17

Last Page

21

Recommended Citation

Fadden, John W. (2018) "The Proverbs 31 Woman, Then," Verbum: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/verbum/vol15/iss1/6