— Overview
The notes stay with that staging, and they stop before a later table.
— Contents and key concepts
A 2024 reading of Proverbs 1–9
The notes summarise Kim Samuel’s The Strange Woman in Proverbs, published by Tov Books in 2024. The book, they write, offers a close reading of the identity and the symbols of the strange woman who appears in Proverbs 1–9.
Five acts, and a contrast with Wisdom
The writer divides the main chapters in which she appears — 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 — into five acts, so that readers can follow her role and her development as if they were scenes in a play, and so that the contrast between Wisdom and the strange woman is clearer.
In each act, they add, the strange woman and the woman Wisdom are given separate names, to bring out the character of each and to help the reader.
Proverbs 9:15, and where they stop
In the body, they write, the temptation she offers and its moral sense are set out. She is not only an evil tempter, but a symbolic figure who leads one off the right path. At Proverbs 9:15 she takes as her object “those who pass by, who go straight on their way.”
The notes leave the book there, before a later table. The same Korean report, at fuller length, sits on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student summary of Kim Samuel’s 2024 book The Strange Woman in Proverbs, staying with five acts and a verse.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
What book do the notes summarise?
Kim Samuel’s The Strange Woman in Proverbs, Tov Books, 2024. It is a close reading of the identity and the symbols of the strange woman who appears in Proverbs 1–9.
How is the book, as they tell it, arranged?
The writer divides the main chapters in which she appears — 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 — into five acts, so that readers can follow her role and her development as if they were scenes in a play, and so that the contrast with Wisdom is clearer. In each act the strange woman and the woman Wisdom are given separate names.
Which verse do they keep, and where do they stop?
Proverbs 9:15, where she takes as her object “those who pass by, who go straight on their way.” She is not only an evil tempter, they write, but a figure who leads one off the right path. They stop before a later table.
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