Time in the Book of Ecclesiastes

Zusatztext [Bundvad] has done readers of Ecclesiastes a service in examining the concept of time in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Those interested in understanding this quite difficult book will be well served by Bundvad's scholarship. Informationen zum Autor Dr Mette Bundvad holds a Carlsberg postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Copenhagen where she studies visions and vision-space in the Hebrew Bible and beyond. Klappentext This is a study of the book of Qohelet (or Ecclesiastes), principally on concepts of past, present, and future, but also on other key themes in relation to time. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the book of Qohelet (or Ecclesiastes), principally on concepts of past, present, and future, but also on other key themes in relation to time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Structure and Composition: Can the Book of Qohelet be Read? 2: Towards a Biblical Conception of Time 3: World Time and Human Time in the Framing Poems 4: The Present in the Book of Qohelet 5: Connecting Present to Past and Future 6: Story-telling as a Means of Protest Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: Mette Bundvad, Mette (Postdoctoral Researcher Bundvad, Bundvad Mette
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9780198739708
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873970-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts