Abstract
The author offers a textual criticism and a structural and literary analysis of Pr 31:3–7. This triple inquiry has several purposes: to show that the prohibition found in verses 4–5 is not absolute and that the ethics promoted by the foreign queen are identical to the ethics of the God of Israel and of Judah; to emphasize that the recommendation in verses 6–7 is not intended to promote a puritan morality or pure cynicism. On the contrary, this recommendation has a therapeutic aim and reflects compassion for those who are dying.
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