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The book of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) and the path to joyous living /

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1107088046

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9781107088047

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Title Proper

The book of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) and the path to joyous living /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

T.A. Perry, University of Connecticut.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxi, 256 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.

Text of Note

Part one. Human hebel ("vanity") : sings of collection -- "I Qohelet was king" (1:12) : the collector theme (1:12-2:26) -- Fool's toil (1:2-3) -- Excess and its passions (1:8-11) -- A practical guide for living wisely -- Part two. Universal hebel ("wind") : transience, time, and indifference -- Cosmic patterns of return and renewal -- The catalog of human times (3:1-8) -- Part three. The hebel of "dis-aster" : totalities, transcendence, and crossover concepts -- Totalities and the outside (dehors) -- Living "under the sun" and with transience -- Breath of breaths : Qohelet's motto and theme and refrain : a Levinassian exegesis -- Part four. The hebel of words -- Nothing remains (1:3)? Nothing new (1:9; 12:8-12)? -- Part five. Theological conclusions. Qohelet's very final words : a judging God, or judging God? (12:13-14) -- Qohelet's very first words : testifying against God and his "evil" (1:13) -- The "all" of humans : fear God but also keep the commandments (12:13) -- Conclusions : singing in truth -- Appendix : further notes and topics on breath research.

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Text of Note

This is the first full-length study of Ecclesiastes using methods of philosophical exegesis, specifically those of the modern French philosophers Levinas and Blanchot. T.A. Perry opens up new horizons in the philosophical understanding of the Hebrew Bible, offering a series of meditations on its general spiritual outlook. Perry breaks down Ecclesiastes's motto "all is vanity" and returns "vanity" to its original concrete meaning of "breath," the breath of life. This central and forgotten teaching of Ecclesiastes leads to new areas of breath research related both to environmentalism and breath control. (Publisher).

Bible., Ecclesiastes-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible., Ecclesiastes.

Perry, T. Anthony, (Theodore Anthony),1938-

Date of Transaction

20170715043500.0

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