The words of the wise are like goads
Subtitle: engaging Qoheleth in the 21st century
By: edited by Mark J. Boda, Tremper Longman III, and Cristian G. Rata
Contributors: Raţă, Cristian G., editor
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9781575062655
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Critique, interprétation; Bible; Kohelet
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-489) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ecclesiastes in premodern reading : before 1500 C.E. / Eric S. Christianson; title: Qohelet and the rabbis / Ruth Sandberg; title: Ecclesiastes and the reformers / Al Wolters; title: Sweet and lawful delights : Puritan interpretations of Ecclesiastes / Cristian G. Rata; title: Determining the historical context of Ecclesiastes / Tremper Longman III; title: The book of Qohelet "has the smell of the tomb about it" : mortality in Qohelet and Hellenistic skepticism / Leo G. Perdue; title: Qohelet and royal autobiography / Martin A. Shields; title: Framed! Structure in Ecclesiastes / David J.H. Beldman; title: The poetry of Qohelet / John F. Hobbins; title: Epistemology in Ecclesiastes : remembering what it means to be human / Ryan P. O'Dowd; title: "Riddled with ambiguity" : Ecclesiastes 7:23-8:1 as an example / Doug Ingram; title: The meaning of [lamed kaph he] in Qohelet : an intertextual suggestion / Russell L. Meek; title: Speaking into the silence : the epilogue of Ecclesiastes / Mark J. Boda; title: The grammar of [shin] and [resh shin aleph] in Qohelet / Robert Holmstedt; title: The verb in Qohelet / John Cook; title: "Aramaisms" in Qohelet : methodological problems in identification and interpretation / Eva Mroczek; title: The theology of Ecclesiastes / Craig G. Bartholomew; title: Ecclesiastes and the canon / Stephen G. Dempster; title: Fresh perspectives on Ecclesiastes : "Qohelet for today" / Iain Provan; title: Preaching Qohelet / Daniel C. Fredericks; title: Solomon's sexual wisdom : Qohelet and the Song of songs in the postmodern condition / Peter J. Leithart.