The Words of the Wise Are like Goads
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The Words of the Wise Are like Goads

Engaging Qohelet in the 21st Century

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The Words of the Wise Are like Goads

Engaging Qohelet in the 21st Century

About this book

"Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless." The word "meaningless" (hebel) appears more than 40 times in the book of Ecclesiastes and raises the question why a book that appears to deny meaning or purpose is included in the Bible. Many questions of interpretation as well as relevance surround the book of Ecclesiastes, including indeed the proper translation and understanding of the word hebel. If, after all, the book does examine the question of the meaning of life, what could be more important?

The present volume explores Ecclesiastes/Qohelet on many different levels: linguistic, text-critical, theological, historical, and literary. The contributors, chosen from many of the leading and emerging experts on the book, present both the state of the field and their own assessment of the varied interpretive issues of Ecclesiastes. They include scholars, preachers, and philosophers. It should be helpful not only to scholars but also to all who want to study this book seriously.

The first section of this volume deals with the history of interpretation. The second section is concerned with issues of history, form, and rhetoric. Section three is about key concepts and passages. The fourth section focuses on the language and grammar of Qohelet. The last section engages practical issues of interpretation. The volume is designed to provide exposure to a variety of readers who seek to engage Qohelet in fresh ways in the twenty-first century—from historians of interpretation to biblical exegetes to linguists to theological students.

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Information

Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781575062655
eBook ISBN
9781575066929
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Chapter 1: Ecclesiastes in Premodern Reading: Before 1500 c.e.
  5. Chapter 2: Qohelet and the Rabbis
  6. Chapter 3: Ecclesiastes and the Reformers
  7. Chaptyer 4: Sweet and Lawful Delights Puritan Interpretations of Ecclesiastes
  8. Chapter 5: Determining the Historical Context of Ecclesiastes
  9. Chapter 6: The Book of Qohelet“Has the Smell of the Tomb about It”: Mortality in Qohelet and Hellenistic Skepticism
  10. Chapter 7: Qohelet and Royal Autobiography
  11. Chapter 8: Framed! Structure in Ecclesiastes
  12. Chapter 9: The Poetry of Qohelet
  13. Chapter 10: Epistemology in Ecclesiastes: Remembering What It Means to Be Human
  14. Chapter 11: “Riddled with Ambiguity”:Ecclesiastes 7:23–8:1 as an Example
  15. Chapter 12: The Meaning of לבה in Qohelet: An Intertextual Suggestion
  16. Chapter 13: Speaking into the Silence: The Epilogue of Ecclesiastes
  17. Chapter 14: The Grammar of ׊ׁ and ר׊ׁא in Qohelet
  18. Chapter 15: The Verb in Qohelet
  19. Chapter 16: “Aramaisms” in Qohelet: Methodological Problems inIdentification and Interpretation
  20. Chapter 17: The Theology of Ecclesiastes
  21. Chapter 18: Ecclesiastes and the Canon
  22. Chapter 19: Fresh Perspectives on Ecclesiastes:“Qohelet for Today”
  23. Chapter 20: Preaching Qohelet
  24. Chapter 21: Solomon’s Sexual Wisdom: Qohelet and the Song of Songs in the Postmodern Condition
  25. Index