LEADER 03452oam 22005894a 450 001 9910813743603321 005 20211004152650.0 010 $a1-57506-559-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575065595 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039488 035 $a(OCoLC)747412027 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10483367 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645643 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12243171 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645643 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10700137 035 $a(PQKB)10454564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10483367 035 $a(OCoLC)922991571 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80919 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155519 035 $a(DE-B1597)584178 035 $a(OCoLC)1266227952 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575065595 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039488 100 $a20051216d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe End of Wisdom$eA Reappraisal of the Historical and Canonical Function of Ecclesiastes /$fMartin A. Shields 210 1$aWinona Lake, Ind. :$cEisenbrauns,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006. 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57506-102-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aWisdom in the Hebrew Bible -- The wise in the Hebrew Bible -- The epilogue -- The words of Qoheleth. 330 $aThrough the ages, the book of Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) has elicited a wide variety of interpretations. Its status as wisdom literature is secure, but its meaning for the religion of the Hebrew Bible and its heirs has been a matter of much debate. The debate has swung from claiming orthodoxy for the book to arguing that the message intended by its author is heterodox, in its entirety. There are a number of passages in the book that present difficulties for any comprehensive approach to the work. Martin Shields here fully acknowledges the heterodox nature of Qoheleth's words but offers an orthodox reading of the book as a whole through the eyes of the author of the epilogue. After a survey of attitudes regarding wisdom in the Hebrew Bible itself, which serves as an orientation to the monograph as a whole, Shields provides a detailed study of the epilogue (Qoh 12:9-14), which he believes is the key to the reading of the remainder of the book. He then addresses various problematic texts in the book in light of this perspective, arguing that the book could originally have functioned as a warning to students against joining a wisdom movement that existed at the time of the book's composition. Qoheleth is presented as a true adherent of this movement, and the divergence of his words from the theism presented in the rest of the Hebrew Bible becomes the basis of the epilogue's critique.Finally, Shields proposes a historical context in which just this scenario may have arisen, showing that the desire of the writer of the epilogue is to correct a wayward wisdom tradition. 606 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Ancient / General. 676 $a223/.807 700 $aShields$b Martin A.$f1965-$01703290 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813743603321 996 $aThe End of Wisdom$94088380 997 $aUNINA