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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157824003321

Autore

Bundvad Mette <1982->

Titolo

Time in the book of Ecclesiastes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-180265-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Oxford theology and religion monographs

Disciplina

223.806

Soggetti

Judaism

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Structure and composition : can the book of Qohelet be read? -- Towards a biblical conception of time -- World time and human time in the framing poems -- The present in the book of Quohelet -- Connecting present to past and future -- Storytelling as a means of protest.

Sommario/riassunto

This text is the only detailed exploration of the theme of time in Ecclesiastes. It argues that time is not only a central theme in Ecclesiastes, but one which provides the book with much of its thematic coherence. Analysing a number of particularly important passages in detail, this book argues that Ecclesiastes depicts the temporal reality as extremely problematic for human attempts to live meaningfully. This is especially due to the tension which the book's narrator perceives between the temporal reality of the world and the human experience of time.