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Abbreviations Of Books And Periodical Literature -- 1. Introduction: Wisdom, Polytheism, And The Hebrew School -- Part One: Wisdom As Teacher (proverbs 1:20-33) -- 2. The Poem Proverbs (1:20-33) -- 3. Street, Square, Gate: The Setting Of The Wisdom Speeches -- 4. The Rhetoric Of Teaching -- 5. Brief Commentary On Proverbs 1:20-33 Part Two: Wisdom As A Goddess (proverbs 8) -- 6. The Poem Proverbs 8:1-36 -- 7. Two Kinds Of Rhetoric: Didactic And Divine -- 8. Wisdom: Patroness Of Kings And Witness Of Creation -- 9. Brief Commentary On Proverbs 8:1-36 -- Part Three: Lady Wisdom Vs. Lady Folly (proverbs 9) -- 10. The Poem Proverbs 9:1-18 -- 11. A Textual Intrusion: Proverbs 9:7-10 -- 12. Invitation To A Banquet In A House Of Seven Pillars -- 13. Folly -- A Harlot -- 14. Brief Commentary On Proverbs 9:1-6, 11-18 Part Four: Who Is Wisdom? -- 15. Mysterious Wisdom -- 16. The Origin And Nature Of Biblical Monotheism -- 17. Wisdom: A Hebrew Goddess Redefined -- 18. Hypostasis -- Wisdom Myth -- The Voice Of Creation: Three Questionable Categories -- 19. Lady Wisdom In Church, Speculation, And Mysticism. Bernhard Lang. Based On The Author's Thesis (th.d.--eberhard-karls-universität, Tübingen, 1975) Published Under Title: Frau Weisheit. Bibliography: P. 179-192.