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Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth
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This book examines the literary genre(s) to which the book of Qoheleth belongs and on which it is modelled. It suggests that Qoheleth is best described as a royal autobiography based on the arguments of specific literary features of style and content, resemblance to various kinds of royal autobiographical narrative from the ancient Near East, and the existence, despite first impressions, of a coherent worldview. The analyses in this book cover various aspects from textual criticism, through aspects of vocabulary and style, to the interpretation of particular passages and the problem of making sense of the book as a whole.
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Table of contents
- Abbreviations
- Sigla
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- I. Introduction
- II. A Survey of the History of Interpretation of Qoheleth
- A. Pre-Critical Interpretations
- B. Modern Critical Scholarship on Qoheleth
- C. Current Sceptical Interpretations of Qoheleth
- III. Purpose of This Study
- IV. Outline of This Study
- V. Scope of This Study
- Chapter 2: The Royal Voice of Qoheleth
- I. Examination of the Main Evidence of the Royal Voice in 1:12-2:26
- A. Qoheleth’s Self-Introduction (1:12)
- B. A Solomonic Experiment (1:13-18)
- C. A Test of Pleasure (2:1-11)
- D. An Experiment with Wisdom and the Issue of Royal Legacy (2:12-23)
- E. Qoheleth’s Practical Advice for Living (2:24-26)
- F. Summary
- II. Does the Royal Voice Speak Beyond 2:26?
- III. Arguments for the Pervasiveness of Qoheleth’s Royal Voice
- A. Perdue - the Royal Testament of Qoheleth
- B. Christianson - Telling the Story of Qoheleth
- C. Summary
- IV. Examination of the Allegedly ‚Anti-Royal‘ Passages
- A. The Problem of Injustice
- B. The Nature of Kingship
- C. Summary
- V. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 3: Qoheleth in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Literature
- Section 1: The Royal Language of Qoheleth: Qoheleth and Ancient Semitic Royal Inscriptions
- I. West Semitic Royal Inscriptions
- A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction
- B. The Royal Boasting of Deeds
- C. Comparison with Predecessors and Contemporaries
- D. Royal Wisdom
- E. A Political and Military Background
- F. Summary
- II. Akkadian (Sargonid) Royal Inscriptions
- A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction
- B. The Royal Boasting
- C. Comparison with Predecessors
- D. Royal Wisdom
- E. Warring Background
- F. Summary
- III. Concluding Remarks
- Section 2: Qoheleth and the Fictional Royal Texts of Akkad and Ancient Egypt
- IV. Longman’s ‚Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies‘
- A. Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies with Didactic Endings
- B. Longman's Analysis of Qoheleth
- C. Summary
- V. Pseudo-autobiographies of the Kings of Akkad
- A. The Cuthean Legend of Naram Sin
- B. A Text of the King of Isin
- C. A Sargon Autobiography
- D. The Sargon Legend
- E. Key Characteristics of the Corpus
- F. Summary
- VI. Egyptian Instructions
- A. Royal Testaments
- B. Royal Instructions
- C. Summary
- VII. Pessimistic Reflective Discourses
- A. Royal Laments
- B. Summary
- VIII. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 4: Qoheleth as Royal Autobiography
- I. Autobiography as a Wisdom Form
- II. The Autobiographical Character of Qoheleth
- III. The Pervasive Presence of Qoheleth
- A. The Prevalent T
- B. The Presence of Second-Person Address and the Issue of Unity
- IV. The Dynamics of Qoheleth's Narrative
- A. Loader's Theory of Polar Tensions
- B. Qoheleth's Zwar-Aber Dialectic Style of Narration
- V. Qoheleth As Royal Autobiography
- A. The Story of the Life of A King
- B. Qoheleth's Quest for the Meaning of Life
- C. Qoheleth's Conclusions and Advice
- VI. Qoheleth's Thoughts on Wisdom and Folly
- VII. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 5: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Apocryphal References