The Proverb

Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310294142
Total Pages : 6637 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Bible (NIV) written by Various Authors, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 6637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195053990
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of American Proverbs written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have a gift for coining proverbs. "A picture is worth a thousand words" was not, as you might imagine, the product of ancient Chinese wisdom -- it was actually minted by advertising executive Fred Barnard in a 1921 advertisement for Printer's Ink magazine. After all, Americans are first and foremost a practical people and proverbs can be loosely defined as pithy statements that are generally accepted as true and useful. The next logical step would be to gather all of this wisdom together for a truly American celebration of shrewd advice.A Dictionary of American Proverbs is the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written ones. Listed alphabetically according to their most significant key word, it features over 15,000 entries including uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded, as well as thousands of traditional proverbs that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature. Based on the fieldwork conducted over thirty years by the American Dialect Society, this volume is complete with historical references to the earliest written sources, and supplies variants and recorded geographical distribution after each proverb.Many surprised await the reader in this vast treasure trove of wit and wisdom. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, education, religion, music, song, and dance. And, to further enhance browsing pleasure, the editors have provided a detailed guide to the use of the work. While it's true that many of our best known proverbs have been supplied by the ever-present "Anonymous," many more can be attributed to some very famous Americans, like Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Alva Edison, Abigail Adams, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name but a few offered in this fascinating collection.Who wouldn't want to know the origin of "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings?" This uniquely American proverb and many more are gathered together in A Dictionary of American Proverbs. A great resource for students and scholars of literature, psychology, folklore, linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history, this endlessly intriguing volume is also a delightful companion for anyone with an interest in American culture.

Author : Frank LaRosa
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456796372
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Proverbs in Plain English written by Frank LaRosa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Proverbs is the key book in the Bible that teaches us wisdom; "the single, most important thing in life we could ever achieve". If we not only read the book, but put the advice to work in our lives, we can truly become wise. Frank realized that most people have a difficult time interpretting the Bible and never get the full understanding of what the passages are trying to get across to us. "If we don't fully understand what we are reading, how can we apply the advice to our lives?", was his question. With this in mind, he took three different Bible interpretations of the Book of Proverbs, studied each passage and rewrote them in "plain English", without changing the meanings of the passages, so all could get the full understanding. In this book you will find the simplest format, easiest wording, a daily calendar guide, word index and explanations for hard to understand passages. You will have such ease reading and actually comprehending what you are reading, that you will be amazed the simplicity to interpret. Although the Book of Proverbs was written nearly 3,000 years ago, you will find how relevant these words of wisdom are in our lives today. Prov 1:2--"The purpose of these Proverbs is to teach wisdom, give instruction and perceive words of understanding."

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135870543
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Book of World Proverbs written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Book of World Proverbs draws together proverbs that transcend culture, time and space to provide an enduring collection that is both useful and enjoyable.

Author : Ron Ploof
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781728771526
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Proverb Effect written by Ron Ploof and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Little Book About Sharing Big Ideas Succinctly What do the following statements have in common? Slow and steady wins the race (Aesop, ~550 BC) Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today (Chaucer, late 1300s) Stupid is as stupid does (Gump, 1994) They're all proverbs--the ultimate long-stories short that convey more meaning than the words used to construct them. They're universally human, independent of time, culture, and language. They're policies for making better life decisions, passed from the experienced to the inexperienced. And while it's tempting to dismiss them as droll or trite, doing so just underestimates the roles they play in both human understanding and teaching. The Proverb Effect is the first book to define a repeatable process to convey deep meaning through self-created proverbs. Read it to learn: Why proverbs reign supreme over other message types What makes proverbs the triple-threat of communications: memorable, repeatable and most importantly, persuasive A step-by-step methodology to apply the most powerful communications device in human history. The best writers, speakers, and teachers use proverbs. You should too.

Author : Daniel C. Snell
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9780931464669
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twice-told Proverbs and the Composition of the Book of Proverbs written by Daniel C. Snell and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Proverbs is permeated with patterns of repetition, yet to date no major work on Proverbs has dealt adequately with this phenomenon. Snell catalogs and analyzes repetitive words and verses and uses the data to draw conclusions about the composition of the book. He sees four stages in the composition of the book, with the earliest section dated no later than Hezekiah's reign. This book provides a wealth of information, including indexes of repetitive words and verses and an English translation of J. M. Grintz's major essay on the composition of Proverbs, which has previously been available only in Hebrew. The basic work done here will need to be considered in any future work on the Book of Proverbs and wisdom literature in general.

Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299143640
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of Many written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 20 studies of proverbs first published in 1981 by Garland. Among the general topics are structure, oral transmission, and practical reasoning. Proverbs examined in detail include African, Yiddish, Shakespeare's, Chinese, Irish, and those used in advertising. Includes an addenda to the bibliography. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300136021
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.

Author : Vern Herschberger
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 9781615667246
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Proverbs Project written by Vern Herschberger and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of wisdom, Proverbs lends itself to every day life and decisions. Now you can see Proverbs in a new way! Vern Herschberger felt the call of God on his life to illustrate the book of Proverbs with cartoons-one for each verse-and The Proverbs Project was born. The Proverbs Project is a book that all ages will enjoy. Your children will want to read and share this book with friends. Adults will receive new illumination for verses they have read for years and can now see in picture form and apply them to their life. The sense of humor the Lord has given Vern shines in the Proverbs Project.

Author : Kwesi Yankah
Publisher : Diasporic Africa Press
ISBN 13 : 1937306038
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Proverb in the Context of Akan Rhetoric written by Kwesi Yankah and published by Diasporic Africa Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attracting renewed attention by a new generation of scholars, the book presents a comprehensive ethnography of proverb communication in an African culture and achieves a significant breakthrough in proverb studies. The author critically reviews the dynamics of the proverb, one verbal genre that embodies the high point of rhetoric in traditional and contemporary Africa, and explores in rich details the proverb's creative potential, authorship and effectiveness in crisis management. Yankah elevates the documentation of the African proverb beyond decontextualized compilations, and portrays the proverb as a dynamic communicative strategy in which form, meaning and logic are in constant flux. The study, which focuses on the Akan of Ghana, situates the proverb in the heart of real life discourse interactions and monitors its rhetorical efficacy on the basis of indigenous aesthetics. The book should be of value to folklorists, sociolinguists, anthropologists, literary scholars and students of African studies and communications.