The politics of pessimism in Ecclesiastes: a social-science prespective
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
c 2012
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| In: |
Ancient Israel and its literature (12)
Year: 2012 |
| Edition: | [Lizenzausg.] |
| Series/Journal: | Ancient Israel and its literature
12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ Heresy
/ Socio-historical exegesis
B Ecclesiastes / Literary criticism |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Pessimism
B Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes Criticism, interpretation, etc B Sociology, Biblical B Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes Social scientific criticism |
| 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 |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 341 p, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-21976-2 |
