LEADER 03342nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910823467803321 005 20230607222300.0 010 $a1-281-84177-3 010 $a9786611841775 010 $a0-567-64454-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542372 035 $a(EBL)436880 035 $a(OCoLC)277006457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12049976 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10304290 035 $a(PQKB)10307923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436880 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250569 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL184177 035 $a(OCoLC)893334512 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542372 100 $a20010814d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVain rhetoric$b[electronic resource] $eprivate insight and public debate in Ecclesiastes /$fGary D. Salyer 210 $aSheffield, England $cSheffield Academic Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v327 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Graduate Theological Union, 1997. 311 $a1-84127-181-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 PROLEGOMENA: TOWARD A THEORY OF READING SCRIPTURAL TEXTS; Chapter 2 READING ECCLESIASTES AS A FIRST-PERSON SCRIPTURAL TEXT; Chapter 3 AMBIGUITIES, RIDDLES AND PUZZLES: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LINGUISTIC AND STRUCTURAL READER PROBLEMS IN THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES; Chapter 4 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SPIRAL: THE IRONIC USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE IN THE NARRATIVE PRESENTATION OF QOHELETH; Chapter 5 ROBUST RETICENCE AND THE RHETORIC OF THE SELF: READER RELATIONSHIPS AND THE USE OF FIRST-PERSON DISCOURSE IN ECCLESIASTES 1.1-6.9 327 $aChapter 6 A RHETORIC OF SUBVERSIVE SUBTLETY: THE EFFECT OF QOHELETH'S FIRST-PERSON DISCOURSE ON READER RELATIONSHIPS IN ECCLESIASTES 6.10-12.14Chapter 7 VAIN RHETORIC: SOME CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: WISDOM REFLECTIONS (PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE) IN THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Modern Authors 330 $aThe Book of Ecclesiastes, like many ancient and modern first-person discourses, generates ambivalent responses in its readers. The book's rhetorical strategy produces both acceptance of, and suspicion towards, the major positions argued by the author. 'Vain rhetoric' aptly describes the persuasive and dissuasive properties of the narrator's peculiar characterization. It also describes how the Book of Ecclesiates, with its abundant use of rhetorical questions, constant gapping techniques, and other strategies from the arsenal of ambiguity, is a stunning testimony to the power of the various str 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v327. 606 $aHebrew language$xStyle 615 0$aHebrew language$xStyle. 676 $a223 676 $a223.806 700 $aSalyer$b Gary D$01593965 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823467803321 996 $aVain rhetoric$93914345 997 $aUNINA