Qoheleth

Author : Lisa M. Wolfe
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814681484
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) written by Lisa M. Wolfe and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in academic studies Qoheleth, also called Ecclesiastes, has been bad news for women throughout history. In this commentary Lisa Wolfe offers intriguing new possibilities for feminist interpretation of the book's parts, including Qoheleth's most offensive passages, and as a whole. Throughout her interpretation, Wolfe explores multiple connections between this book and women of all times, from investigating how the verbs in the time poem in 3:1-8 may relate to biblical and contemporary women alike, to noting that if 11:1 indicates ancient beer making it thus reveals the women who made the beer itself. In the end, Wolfe argues that, by struggling with the perplexing text of Qoheleth, we may discover fruitful, against-the-grain reading strategies for our own time.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781875847860
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecclesiastes, Or, The Preacher written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Y. V. Koh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110923157
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth written by Y. V. Koh and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Norbert Lohfink
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451415179
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth written by Norbert Lohfink and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new addition to the successful Continental Commentary series is a significant and fresh treatment of Qoheleth (or Ecclesiastes). A famed professor presents a startlingly new translation of this often perplexing book of the Old Testament. Lohfink also argues for a rather different interpretation of the book than one finds elsewhere. Rather than reading the book's perspective as depressing, lost, or cynical, he highlights the elements of joy and balance. The volume includes introduction, new translation, commentary, parallel passages, bibliography, and indexes.

Author : James L. Crenshaw
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611172586
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth written by James L. Crenshaw and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this substantive yet accessible volume, Crenshaw brings to life the Bible’s strangest sage . . . A superb introduction for students and scholars alike.” —William P. Brown, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary Rarely does a biblical book evoke admiration from a Nobel laureate in literature, a newspaper columnist, a prize-winning poet, and a popular songwriter. Ecclesiastes has done that, and for good reason. Its author, who called himself Qoheleth, stared death in the face and judged all human endeavors to be futile. For Qoheleth observation is the only avenue to understanding; an arbitrarily wrathful and benevolent deity created and rules over the world; and death is unpredictable, absolute, and final. His message is simple: seize the moment, for death awaits. James L. Crenshaw begins by examining the essential mysteries of the book of Ecclesiastes: the speaker’s identity, his emphasis on hidden or contradictory truths, and his argument of the insubstantiality of most things and the ultimate futility of all efforts. Moving from the ancient to the contemporary, Crenshaw again analyzes Qoheleth’s observations about the human condition, this time testing if they can stand up against rational inquiry today. In exploring Qoheleth’s identity, the foundations of his outlook, and his recommendations, Crenshaw engages modern readers in a conversation about one of the most disagreed upon biblical books. In Qoheleth, Crenshaw draws on related literature from the ancient Near East and traces the impact of Qoheleth in both Christian and Jewish traditions, summarizing a lifetime of scholarship on the book of Ecclesiastes. While exploring Ecclesiastes and its enigmatic author, Crenshaw engages scholars and modern interpreters in genuine debate over the lasting relevance of Qoheleth’s teachings and the place of Ecclesiastes in the biblical canon.

Author : Mark Fox
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567247333
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth and His Contradictions written by Mark Fox and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1989-05-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fox takes as his starting point the issues that Quoheleth's interpreters have faced in their efforts to render the book faithfully, and in so doing, provides a new analysis of Quoheleth's reasoning, logic, and means of expression. Fox reaches three key conclusions about the work: Quoheleth is primarily concerned with the rationality of existence; Quoheleth is not against wisdom or the wise, and finally: Quoheleth supports the grasping of inner experience as the one domain of human freedom. These conclusions are supported by a thorough look at other analyses of Quoheleth.

Author : Japhet
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004676422
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Commentary of R. Samuel Ben Meir Rashbam on Qoheleth written by Japhet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, designed for students of the Hebrew Bible and medieval exegesis, presents a small part of the work of R. Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam), the grandson of Rashi and one of the leading figures in Rashi's school of exegesis in nNorthern France. The authors show by their editing of the text, in translation and in introduction, the specific and unique contributions which Rashbam makes, not only to the understanding of Qoheleth, but to the text of the Hebrew Bible as a whole.

Author : Gustav Arnold Carstensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relation of Qoheleth to Contemporary Greek Philosophy written by Gustav Arnold Carstensen and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert D. Holmstedt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781602587328
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth written by Robert D. Holmstedt and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By filling the gap between popular and technical commentaries, the handbook becomes an indispensable tool for anyone committed to a deep reading of the biblical text.

Author : Brian Neil Peterson
Publisher : Fortress Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781978703995
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qoheleth's Hope written by Brian Neil Peterson and published by Fortress Academic. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pessimist Hedonist Skeptic Fatalist Scholars have used these and a variety of other pejoratives to describe Qoheleth, the author of the book of Ecclesiastes. But are these monikers fair assessments of this formative book of the Hebrew wisdom tradition? Brian Neil Peterson challenges this dominant scholarly perspective by arguing that Qoheleth's message is more optimistic than it appears. He insists that Qoheleth--a realist who recognizes that the world is broken due to the Fall in Genesis 3--is instructing his readers to live life to the fullest in the fear of God despite the presence of injustice, oppression, and futility experienced on a daily basis. Due to the fleeting nature of life, Qoheleth offers hope to his readers and urges them to put God first and enjoy God's good gifts, not as a destination in life, but rather as part of one's earthly journey.