Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth
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Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth

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Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth

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This book examines the literary genre(s) to which the book of Qoheleth belongs and on which it is modelled. It suggests that Qoheleth is best described as a royal autobiography based on the arguments of specific literary features of style and content, resemblance to various kinds of royal autobiographical narrative from the ancient Near East, and the existence, despite first impressions, of a coherent worldview. The analyses in this book cover various aspects from textual criticism, through aspects of vocabulary and style, to the interpretation of particular passages and the problem of making sense of the book as a whole.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2012
ISBN
9783110923155
Edition
1
Topic
Theologie & Religion
Subtopic
Bibelkritik & -auslegung

Table of contents

  1. Abbreviations
  2. Sigla
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction
  4. I. Introduction
  5. II. A Survey of the History of Interpretation of Qoheleth
  6. A. Pre-Critical Interpretations
  7. B. Modern Critical Scholarship on Qoheleth
  8. C. Current Sceptical Interpretations of Qoheleth
  9. III. Purpose of This Study
  10. IV. Outline of This Study
  11. V. Scope of This Study
  12. Chapter 2: The Royal Voice of Qoheleth
  13. I. Examination of the Main Evidence of the Royal Voice in 1:12-2:26
  14. A. Qoheleth’s Self-Introduction (1:12)
  15. B. A Solomonic Experiment (1:13-18)
  16. C. A Test of Pleasure (2:1-11)
  17. D. An Experiment with Wisdom and the Issue of Royal Legacy (2:12-23)
  18. E. Qoheleth’s Practical Advice for Living (2:24-26)
  19. F. Summary
  20. II. Does the Royal Voice Speak Beyond 2:26?
  21. III. Arguments for the Pervasiveness of Qoheleth’s Royal Voice
  22. A. Perdue - the Royal Testament of Qoheleth
  23. B. Christianson - Telling the Story of Qoheleth
  24. C. Summary
  25. IV. Examination of the Allegedly ‚Anti-Royal‘ Passages
  26. A. The Problem of Injustice
  27. B. The Nature of Kingship
  28. C. Summary
  29. V. Concluding Remarks
  30. Chapter 3: Qoheleth in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Literature
  31. Section 1: The Royal Language of Qoheleth: Qoheleth and Ancient Semitic Royal Inscriptions
  32. I. West Semitic Royal Inscriptions
  33. A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction
  34. B. The Royal Boasting of Deeds
  35. C. Comparison with Predecessors and Contemporaries
  36. D. Royal Wisdom
  37. E. A Political and Military Background
  38. F. Summary
  39. II. Akkadian (Sargonid) Royal Inscriptions
  40. A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction
  41. B. The Royal Boasting
  42. C. Comparison with Predecessors
  43. D. Royal Wisdom
  44. E. Warring Background
  45. F. Summary
  46. III. Concluding Remarks
  47. Section 2: Qoheleth and the Fictional Royal Texts of Akkad and Ancient Egypt
  48. IV. Longman’s ‚Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies‘
  49. A. Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies with Didactic Endings
  50. B. Longman's Analysis of Qoheleth
  51. C. Summary
  52. V. Pseudo-autobiographies of the Kings of Akkad
  53. A. The Cuthean Legend of Naram Sin
  54. B. A Text of the King of Isin
  55. C. A Sargon Autobiography
  56. D. The Sargon Legend
  57. E. Key Characteristics of the Corpus
  58. F. Summary
  59. VI. Egyptian Instructions
  60. A. Royal Testaments
  61. B. Royal Instructions
  62. C. Summary
  63. VII. Pessimistic Reflective Discourses
  64. A. Royal Laments
  65. B. Summary
  66. VIII. Concluding Remarks
  67. Chapter 4: Qoheleth as Royal Autobiography
  68. I. Autobiography as a Wisdom Form
  69. II. The Autobiographical Character of Qoheleth
  70. III. The Pervasive Presence of Qoheleth
  71. A. The Prevalent T
  72. B. The Presence of Second-Person Address and the Issue of Unity
  73. IV. The Dynamics of Qoheleth's Narrative
  74. A. Loader's Theory of Polar Tensions
  75. B. Qoheleth's Zwar-Aber Dialectic Style of Narration
  76. V. Qoheleth As Royal Autobiography
  77. A. The Story of the Life of A King
  78. B. Qoheleth's Quest for the Meaning of Life
  79. C. Qoheleth's Conclusions and Advice
  80. VI. Qoheleth's Thoughts on Wisdom and Folly
  81. VII. Concluding Remarks
  82. Chapter 5: Conclusion
  83. Bibliography
  84. Index of Biblical and Apocryphal References