Scepticism and Ironic Correlations in the Joy Statements of Qoheleth?
Heftet /
2014
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781463203726
Publisert
2014-06-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Gorgias Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
211
Forfatter
This book is a response to the popular counter-reading of Ecclesiastes in the 1980s and 90s as a book of “joy” (rather than a pessimistic book). It examines the seven “joy statements” of Qoheleth in the light of analogies with scepticism and the literary form of irony. Irony, like scepticism, has the function to induce doubt and questions. The joy statements of Qoheleth are likely analogous to expressions of complex irony—whereby what is said is both meant and not meant. This examination highlights the complexity of the biblical book—while demonstrating how unlikely the “joy reading” may be.
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This book is a response to the popular counter-reading of Ecclesiastes in the 1980s and 90s as a book of “joy” (rather than a pessimistic book). The joy statements of Qoheleth are likely analogous to expressions of complex irony—whereby what is said is both meant and not meant.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781463203726
Publisert
2014-06-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Gorgias Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
211
Forfatter