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Sep 11, 2019 · These conflicting results puzzle Qoheleth and his audience throughout the book (see, e.g., 2:17 and 9:4–6; 2:13 and 2:15–16). However, the fruitfulness of some toil and, in all cases, its relative productivity indicate that futility or unprofitability in life does not characterize the entire human endeavor.
- Arthur Keefer
- 2019
Its message is so contemporary that it seems as though it was written specifically for modern times! Ecclesiastes is essentially a (written) speech. The speaker is introduced (in the third person) as the persona “Qoheleth,” usually translated “Preacher” or “Teacher” (1:1). The theme of the speech is “All is vanity” (1:2; 12:8 ...
Regarding the book’s הבלstatements, C.-L. Seow says that Qoheleth “does not mean that everything is meaningless or insignificant, but that everything is beyond human apprehension and comprehension.”3 The comments of Crenshaw and Seow disclose a debate about if and how the meaning of life vexed Qoheleth, much of which entails competing assertions instead of developed arguments ...
- Arthur J Keefer
Welcome to the book of Ecclesiastes, where artists, scientists, philosophers, monarchs, and theologians in every generation find answers to their questions about the ultimate meaning in life. Apart from God, the philosopher concludes with circular reasoning, “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”. The humanist says, “The meaning ...
May 12, 2020 · These definitions are derived from psychological research and used to argue that all three conceptions appear within the book of Ecclesiastes. Qoheleth was primarily concerned with life’s “coherence,” which depends on predictable and reliable patterns in life that render it sensible, yet he also addressed life’s “purpose” and ...
Insofar as the message of Ecclesiastes is needed today more than ever, there is an urgent need to reclaim Qoheleth’s 9 Longman, Ecclesiastes, 38. Longman uses the unorthodox speeches in the canonical book of Job as an analogy to justify the inclusion of the supposedly unorthodox speech of Qoheleth in the canon (Longman, Ecclesiastes, 37, 38).
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Sep 11, 2019 · Abstract Attending to ongoing debates about the “meaning of life” in Ecclesiastes, this article determines how Qoheleth addressed meaningfulness by drawing on a threefold scheme of definitions for life’s meaning. These definitions are derived from psychological research and used to argue that all three conceptions appear within the book of Ecclesiastes. Qoheleth was primarily concerned ...
