In our fifth episode on Wisdom in the Old Testament, we continue our journey through Proverbs 1–9 and think about two of the characters we see there: the evil men and the foreign woman. We discuss some of the translational difficulties with these terms, as well as the post-exilic backdrop that informs them.

00:00 - Introduction and Recap

01:25 - Our Focus This Episode: The Evil Men and the Foreign Woman

03:03 - Post-exilic Authorship and Setting of Proverbs 1–9

08:06 - First Character: The Evil Men, Extortionists for Ill-gotten Gain

19:06 - The Motivation for Avoiding the Evil Men

20:58 - Second Character: “Foreign Woman” Rather Than “Adulteress”

32:14 - Wisdom, A Tough Pill To Swallow

34:16 - Why Prov 5 Doesn’t Imply “Adulteress” Is a Better Translation

38:29 - Conclusion

Resources: - William P. Brown, Wisdom's Wonder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ICLAGVW

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