Qohelet's advice to the young of his time and to ours today? Chapter 11:7-12:8 as a text of the pre-Christian era
Qohelet, in the passage 11:7-12:8, advises young people to live life to its fullest extent. He maintains that life is restricted by the limitations of old age as well as the fact that life will inevitably end in death, when all possibilities for enjoyment will cease. Such an understanding represents...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1994
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Old Testament essays
Année: 1994, Volume: 7, Numéro: 3, Pages: 370-380 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Christ's resurrection
B New meaning to life B Nullified by death B Ecclesiastes B Life as light B Youth's pleasures B Life after death B Qohelet B Sting of Vanity B Pre-Christian era |
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| Résumé: | Qohelet, in the passage 11:7-12:8, advises young people to live life to its fullest extent. He maintains that life is restricted by the limitations of old age as well as the fact that life will inevitably end in death, when all possibilities for enjoyment will cease. Such an understanding represents the way that a person from the pre-Christian era might view life and death. After Christ's resurrection the reason for living is not confined to the opportunities that life may present, nor is earthly life the only life in which one may encounter what is pleasant. Qohelet's advice to the young of his time thus still applies today, although the reason for seizing the day is not restricted by the confinements that he saw in life and which he so vividly depicted in the structure of this passage. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_530 |
