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The Proverbs of Ahiqar

This international Aramaic wisdom book, read at Elephantine, resembles biblical Proverbs but never mentions women.

Biblical Proverbs gives women a role.

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Egyptian proverbs are often suspicious of women; Proverbs features them prominently.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 425

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