The Meaning of Life in Ecclesiastes: Coherence, Purpose, and Significance from a Psychological Perspective
Attending to ongoing debates about the "meaning of life" in Ecclesiastes, this article determines how Qoheleth addressed meaningfulness by drawing on a threefold scheme of definitions for life's meaning. These definitions are derived from psychological research and used to argue that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2019, Volume: 112, Issue: 4, Pages: 447-466 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ Life
/ Meaning
/ Coherence (Psychology)
/ Objective aim
/ Importance
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Qoheleth
B Psychology B Ecclesiastes B meaning of life B הבל / heḇel |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |