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New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2007. Features engaging and unusual examples from art, music, literature and history: from Thackeray and Orwell, to Salvador Dali's Illustrated Bible, to the inflammatory exposition of Ecclesiastes at the funeral of Queen Mary.
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Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries "A rich tour down many significant streams of Western interpretation of this fascinating biblical book... Heartily recommended, without reservation."
Bible and Critical Theory
"A fundamental resource on biblical interpretation, especially in the modern world, this book is a winner."
International Review of Biblical Studies
"The introduction and commentary proper cover many topics, from patristic and rabbinic exegesis through to modern science-fiction, with numerous stops on the way... Very well written and accessible...an excellent book."
Society for Old Testament Study Book List
Over the centuries, Ecclesiastes has influenced numerous aspects of life and thought. Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries assesses the diverse effects of the book on culture in religion, art, and social contexts.
Ecclesiastes shaped the life of European abbeys of the middle ages. For Renaissance thinkers, it provided a sceptical line of inquiry weighted with the disquieting authority of Scripture. It has inspired the imaginations of artists, musicians, and poets from the Renaissance to the present day. The influence of Ecclesiastes on literature has engaged authors as diverse as Bacon, Donne, Eliot, Hardy, Melville, and numerous Elizabethan poets. This commentary traces these influences as well as the fascinating range of Jewish and Christian readings. The result is an informative and broad-ranging approach to the impact of this book through the centuries that will engage all those studying the Bible.
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Contents
Series Editors' Preface. Preface.
Testimonia.
Introduction.
A History of Reception Histories.
Reading Strategies and Lines of Influence.
Pre-Modern Reading: -1500.
Early Modern Reading: 1500-1800.
Modern Reading: 1800-.
Ecclesiastes 1.
The Life and Death of Solomon the Author: 1:1 et passim.
Vanitas vanitatum: 1:2 et passim.
The Overture Played Out: 1:3-18.
Ecclesiastes 2.
Wrestling with the Test of Pleasure: 2:1-10.
Understanding Wisdom, Folly and God's Gifts: 2:11-24.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
The Totality of Times.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-6:12.
On Fate, Knowledge and Anthropology: 3:9-22.
On Oppression and the Value of Companionship: 4:1-12.
On Conducting Oneself in the House of God: 5:1-8.
On the Possibility of Profit and Relief from hebel: 5:10-6:12.
Ecclesiastes 7-8.
The Curious Values of Wisdom: 7:1-12.
The Incongruity of Experience and the Inaccessibility of Wisdom: 7:13-29.
About Wisdom, Power and Authority: 8:1-17.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-12.
The Wisdom of Death and Life.
Ecclesiastes 9:13-11:10.
Wise Conduct in the Light of Uncertainty: 9:13-11:6.
The Final Call to Joy: 11:7-10.
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7.
The Rule of Allegory.
Beyond Allegory.
Ecclesiastes 12:8-14.
The Final Word.
A Hermeneutical Postscript.
Understanding the Pervasive Appeal of Qoheleth.
The Exegetical 'Fidelity' of Ecclesiastes' Reception History.
How Might This Reception History Inform the Discipline?.
Bibliography.
Primary Sources.
Reception Histories of Ecclesiastes.
Specialist Comparative Studies.
Ecclesiastes General Secondary Sources.
Other Secondary Sources.
Appendix—The Quotable Qoheleth: Ecclesiastes in Popular Discourse.
List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgements.
Name Index.
Subject Index
