The politics of pessimism in ecclesiastes: a social-science perspective
Introduction -- Qohelet's heterodox character: non-social science approaches -- Explaining Qohelet's heterodox character: social science approaches -- Qohelet's socio-historical context -- Qohelet and his audience's social location -- Synchronic (literary) analysis of the book of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta
Society of Biblical Literature
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes. A Social-Science Perspective (2013) (Backhaus, Franz Josef)
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| Series/Journal: | Ancient Israel and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature
no. 12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ Pessimism
/ Scepticism
/ Ambiguity
B Ecclesiastes / Socio-historical exegesis |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Pessimism
B Bible. Ecclesiastes Social scientific criticism B Bible. Ecclesiastes Criticism, interpretation, etc B Sociology, Biblical |
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Volltext (Verlag; ACLS) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Introduction -- Qohelet's heterodox character: non-social science approaches -- Explaining Qohelet's heterodox character: social science approaches -- Qohelet's socio-historical context -- Qohelet and his audience's social location -- Synchronic (literary) analysis of the book of Qohelet -- Qohelet, the problem of evil, and cognitive dissonance -- Qohelet's irrational response to the (over-)rationalization of traditional -- The positive power of Qohelet's pessimism -- The sociology of the book of Qohelet's canonicity -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-317) and index |
| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 2027/heb.31333 |