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Proverbs 31 belongs to the literary genre of heroic poetry, which is 'characterized by recounting the hero's mighty deeds, usually his military exploits.
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― Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women
― Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women
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The Proverbs 31 woman is introduced as a 'woman hayil' the same Hebrew word used for Boaz and signifies 'strength' and 'power' like that of an 'elite warrior similar to the hero of the Homeric epic.' The meaning, however, gets lost in translation, for whenever hayil applies to a woman in the Bible, translators have opted for softer English words ('virtuous,' 'excellent,' 'capable,' or 'noble character'). These words don't begin to do justice to the meaning, for in reality 'it may well be that a
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― Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women
― Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women
The Virtuous woman in Proverbs 31 pleased God. She was a kind, gentle, intelligent, loving wife …more
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