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 ones 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.
Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament features today's top Old Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.