Are Women Stronger than Death?: Qohelet does not Think so

In 1978 N. Lohfink proposed translating mar in Qoh 7,26 as 'strong' rather than 'bitter'. The majority of scholars did not follow him but continued to take the traditional view that mar means bitter here and have consequently concluded that Qoheleth was a misogynist. This article...

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Main Author: Eynikel, Erik 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2021, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-104
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Kohelet 7,26 / Woman / Starch / Death
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
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Summary:In 1978 N. Lohfink proposed translating mar in Qoh 7,26 as 'strong' rather than 'bitter'. The majority of scholars did not follow him but continued to take the traditional view that mar means bitter here and have consequently concluded that Qoheleth was a misogynist. This article gives additional arguments (on the basis of biblical and extrabiblical parallels) in support of Lohfink’s theory.
ISSN:1783-1423
Contains:Enthalten in: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/ETL.97.1.3289147