Proverbs Solomon Lemuel Agur (3 results)

Softcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Some rubbing to covers. Inscription on half title page: "To Lucy / With best love / and wishes / for year 1917. / From Mabel."; No date [inscription dated 1917]. 80 pages + frontispiece. Limp burgundy suede covers. Gilt title on spine "PROVERBS OF SOLOMON". Colour illustrated endpapers. Page dimensions: 95 x 65mm. Top page edges gilt. With a 2 page Foreword by A. E. S. "The general theme of Proverbs is the practical advantage of industry, prudence, honesty, purity and godliness." - from the Foreword. Proverbs of Solomon on pages 7-69, proverbs of Agur on pages 69-74, proverbs of Lemuel on pages 74-80. "Here ends number two of Sesame Booklets" - on last printed page. Series: Sesame Booklets, #2. Very Good No dust jacket as issued.…

, Great Thoughts: 72 pages; Proverbs: 80 pages. Both volumes have a frontispiece, decorated half title and title page and decorative headpieces. Sesame Booklets Number 8 and Number 2. First Editions thus , spine head and tail and corners bumped, small tears to edges of Proverbs and foxing to fore edge of leaves, both have an inscription on the front free endpaper, both volumes in good condition , reversed calf with blindstamped decoration to upper board and gilt title to spine, gilt book block top edge; brown paper with gilt decoration and title to front cover and spine, coloured endpapers, both have yapped edges , 10 x 7 cm Softback; Paperback ISBN.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Book ofProverbs (in Hebrew: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Mishlay) is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Theoriginal Hebrew title of the book of Proverbs is 'Míshlê Shlomoh'('Proverbs of Solomon'). When translated into Greek and Latin, the titletook on different forms. In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) the title became'paroimai paroimiae' ('Proverbs'). In the Latin Vulgate the title was'proverbia', from which the English title of Proverbs is derived.Theauthorship of Proverbs has long been a matter of dispute. Solomon's nameappears in Proverbs 1:1, 'The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, Kingof Israel.' There are also references within Proverbs to Agur (30:1) andLemuel (31:1) as authors distinct from Solomon. These names are missingin the Greek translation of the Septuagint. Medieval scholars used inthe Vulgate the Hebrew rendering of these two verses, and in their eyesthe words 'Agur' and 'Lemuel' were but symbolical names of Solomon. …