Two cases of secondary interpolation of fauna images in wisdom literature

This paper examines two fauna images and suggests that they are secondary interpolations. The first example uses within an exhortation (Proverbs 1:10-19) a hunting image as a device for concretizing the evildoer's ultimate failure: "For in the eyes of every winged creature the net is outspread in vain; but they lie in wait for their own lives" (vv. 17-18). The second example comes from Psalms 32:9: "Be not like a senseless horse or mule whose movement must be curbed by bit and bridle; far be it from you!" (vv. 8-9) hence fashioning with the help of a simile borrowed from the world of domestic animals a didactic instruction.