Ecclesiastes and the search for meaning
Erica Brown
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | xvii, 509 pages ;
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | The exasperating search for meaning -- Genre, style, structure, and canonization -- Who wrote Ecclesiastes? -- Vanity, futility, breath -- Under the sun: the problem of originality -- The wisdom of contradictions -- Biblical thought experiments -- Eat, drink, and be merry -- Does money matter? -- A time for everything -- Delusions of control and justice -- The breath of man and beast -- The price of envy -- Delusions of control and justice -- The breath of man and beast -- The price of envy -- Two are better than one: friends and weak ties -- The forgotten leader -- Empty words, broken promises -- The poison that is greed -- Work: an unhappy business -- The stillborn adult and the futility of the future -- The wandering of desire -- Fools and foolishness -- The many lives of death -- The limits of righteousness -- Bad women -- The shining face of wisdom -- Is it good to be the king? -- When bad things happen to good people -- The god of Ecclesiastes -- Purity and laundry -- Words softly spoken -- Dead flies in the ointment -- Digging your own pit -- The problem of laziness -- Casting bread, sowing seeds -- The sweet light -- Wasting youth on the young -- The failing body, the tired soul -- Of aphorisms and useless books -- The end of the matter -- Epilogue: reading Kohelet on Sukkot.k9,. - This fresh and hopeful look at an ancient book synthesizes rabbinic commentary with modern scholarship, fine art, and poetry. It highlights expressions from Kohelet that have become common parlance while shedding light on its more obscure verses. Ecclesiastes and the search for meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the book and includes three essays on each chapter, concluding with an epilogue on Kohelet's liturgical use on the holiday of Sukkot. Kohelet combines the frustrations and vulnerabilities of life "under the sun" with the temporal joys that make life worthwhile. All are regarded as a "gift from God".
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| Emner | Bible. . Ecclesiastes - Commentaries.
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| ISBN | 1592646352. - 9781592646357
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