Random Question 2...Does the Hermeneia Commentary on Proverbs exist?

[11Q13]

A friend of mine asked me for some resources for critical approaches to Proverbs. Naturally I was going to direct them to the main commentary series, Hermeneia, Anchor, and Word. My top choice is normally Hermeneia, but a commentary on Proverbs from them seems to...not exist. What gives??

[AbrasaxEos]

It does not. Hermeneia has some odd holes - i.e. they don't have anything on Revelation yet, but have Ignatius, 4 Ezra, 2 Maccabees, and 1 Enoch all set. I think it really depends on who is doing the commentary. I've worked on two of them thus far, one is out and one, though more or less complete for the past two years is not quite out yet. I haven't even heard if a Proverbs is in the works. I also find that Hermeneia can be a mixed bag - some are absolutely amazing, while others (Haenchen on John as a prime example) are just abhorrent. The Anchor Proverbs by Fox is a good one, I've used it a few times for some research I was doing on sayings traditions (albeit there focused on Early Christianity), and it was both technically precise, as well as written in as sprightly a manner as a commentary can be.

[11Q13]

It does not. Hermeneia has some odd holes - i.e. they don't have anything on Revelation yet, but have Ignatius, 4 Ezra, 2 Maccabees, and 1 Enoch all set. I think it really depends on who is doing the commentary. I've worked on two of them thus far, one is out and one, though more or less complete for the past two years is not quite out yet. I haven't even heard if a Proverbs is in the works. I also find that Hermeneia can be a mixed bag - some are absolutely amazing, while others (Haenchen on John as a prime example) are just abhorrent. The Anchor Proverbs by Fox is a good one, I've used it a few times for some research I was doing on sayings traditions (albeit there focused on Early Christianity), and it was both technically precise, as well as written in as sprightly a manner as a commentary can be.

Thanks, good to know I'm not crazy again. I'm guessing you were helping with Luke? I was approached about that but had heard many a grad student had martyred themselves on it.