The Words of the Wise Are like Goads

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781575062655

Engaging Qohelet in the 21st Century

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Edited by Tremper Longman III, Mark J. Boda, Cristian Rata
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235 x 160 mm
Weight:
940 g
Pages:
528

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Preface

Part 1: Early History of Interpretation

Ecclesiastes in Premodern Reading: Before 1500 C.E.

Eric S. Christianson

Qohelet and the Rabbis

Ruth Sandberg

Ecclesiastes and the Reformers

Al Wolters

Sweet and Lawful Delights: Puritan Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

Cristian G. Rata

Part 2: History, Form, and Rhetoric

Determining the Historical Context of Ecclesiastes

Tremper Longman III

The Book of Qohelet “Has the Smell of the Tomb about It”:

Mortality in Qohelet and Hellenistic Skepticism

Leo G. Perdue

Qohelet and Royal Autobiography

Martin A. Shields

Framed! Structure in Ecclesiastes

David J. H. Beldman

The Poetry of Qohelet

John F. Hobbins

Part 3: Key Concepts and Passages

Epistemology in Ecclesiastes:

Remembering What It Means to Be Human

Ryan P. O’Dowd

“Riddled with Ambiguity”: Ecclesiastes 7:23–8:1 as an Example

Doug Ingram

The Meaning of hebel in Qohelet: An Intertextual Suggestion

Russell L. Meek

Speaking into the Silence: The Epilogue of Ecclesiastes

Mark J. Boda

Part 4: Language and Grammar

The Grammar of -? and ??? in Qohelet

Robert Holmstedt

The Verb in Qohelet

John Cook

“Aramaisms” in Qohelet: Methodological Problems in Identification and Interpretation

Eva Mroczek

Part 5: Interpreting Qohelet

The Theology of Ecclesiastes

Craig G. Bartholomew

Ecclesiastes and the Canon

Stephen G. Dempster

Fresh Perspectives on Ecclesiastes: “Qohelet for Today”

Iain Provan

Preaching Qohelet

Daniel C. Fredericks

Solomon’s Sexual Wisdom: Qohelet and the Song of Songs in the Postmodern Condition

Peter J. Leithart

Works Cited

Indexes

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