Resilience through Disclosure and Meaning Making in Qoheleth and the Babylonian Theodicy

This study rereads Qoheleth and the Babylonian Theodicy through a trauma lens as opposed to the generic lens of speculative wisdom encompassing retributive justice, retribution theology, and the deed-consequence nexus and their consequent view of the gods’/God’s justice. According to retribution the...

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Authors: Meek, Russell L. (Author) ; Mehlman, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2023, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 289-303
Further subjects:B Trauma Theory
B Qoheleth
B Trauma
B Babylonian Theodicy
B Meaning Making
B Resilience
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