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THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.

I. Hebrew Wisdom, its Nature, Scope, and Importance 117

II. The Form and Origin of the Proverbs 125

III. The First Collection and its Appendices 130

IV. The Second Collection and its Appendices 142

V. The Praise of Wisdom 156

VI. Supplementary on Questions of Date and Origin 165

VII. The Text of Proverbs 173

Note on Prov. xxx. 31 175 VIII. The Religious Value of the Book of Proverbs 176 Aids to the Student 178 THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH.

I. The Wise Man Turned Scribe. Sirach's Moral
Teaching 179

II. Sirach's Teaching (continued). His Place in the Movement of Thought 188 Aids to the Student (see also Appendix) 198 THE BOOK OF KOHELETH; OR, ECCLESIASTES.

I. The Wise Man Turned Author and Philosopher 199

II. 'Truth and Fiction' in an Autobiography 207

III. More Moralising, interrupted by Proverbial
Maxims 213

IV. Facts of Contemporary Life 218

V. The Wise Man's Parting Counsels 222