Reanimating Qohelet's contradictory voices: studies of open-ended discourse on wisdom in Ecclesiastes
The contradictions in Ecclesiastes and nonmonologic unity -- Modernist approaches to Ecclesiastes and beyond -- Bakhtinian hermeneutics and Ecclesiastes -- The historical scope of Qohelet's dialogic utterances -- A larger discursive background of Qohelet's utterances -- The voices in the f...
| Published in: | Biblical interpretation series |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2018]
|
| In: |
Biblical interpretation series (volume166)
|
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
volume166 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ Wisdom
|
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Wisdom
B Bible. Ecclesiastes Criticism, interpretation, etc B Ecclesiastes B Style B Hermeneutics B Thesis B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
| Online Access: |
Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | The contradictions in Ecclesiastes and nonmonologic unity -- Modernist approaches to Ecclesiastes and beyond -- Bakhtinian hermeneutics and Ecclesiastes -- The historical scope of Qohelet's dialogic utterances -- A larger discursive background of Qohelet's utterances -- The voices in the formation of Qohelet's consciousness -- Qohelet's dialogized interior monologue on wisdom -- Closing without finalizing "Ecclesiastes, also known as Qohelet, is a fascinating text filled with intriguing contradictions, such as wisdom's beneficial consequences, God's justice, and wisdom's superiority over pleasure. Under the paradigm of modernism, the contradictions in the book have been regarded as problems to be harmonized or explained away. In Reanimating Qohelet's Contradictory Voices, Jimyung Kim, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin's insights, offers an alternative reading that embraces the contradictions as they stand. For Kim, Qohelet's or the protagonist's contradictory consciousness is dialogically constructed by his contact with a complex web of discourses. Instead of harmonizing them or explaining them away, Kim identifies various dialogic voices available to Qohelet and demonstrates how those voices constitute Qohelet's contradictory utterances and construct his unfinalizable identity"-- |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "This project is a revised and expanded version of my dissertation completed in 2016 at Brite Divinity School"-- Author's acknowledgements Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004381058 |