Not so vain after all: Hannah Arendt’s reception of Ecclesiastes
Although Hannah Arendt only explicitly references the book of Ecclesiastes in order to contrast its views with her own, she and Qoheleth parallel each other on substantive issues. After showing how an influential translation of a key motif from Ecclesiastes led Arendt to misapprehend Qoheleth, this...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2019
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-196 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arendt, Hannah 1906-1975
/ Ecclesiastes
/ Reception
/ Action theory
/ Plot
/ Thinking
/ Evil
B Arendt, Hannah 1906-1975 / Ecclesiastes / Reception |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Agency
B Qoheleth B Hannah Arendt B Action theory B Thinking B Ecclesiastes B problem of evil |
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| Summary: | Although Hannah Arendt only explicitly references the book of Ecclesiastes in order to contrast its views with her own, she and Qoheleth parallel each other on substantive issues. After showing how an influential translation of a key motif from Ecclesiastes led Arendt to misapprehend Qoheleth, this study unpacks their intellectual common ground on matters of affirming worldly life; the nature of action; and critical views of the human heart. Yet this third area which addresses human nature also highlights a divergence between them on how thinking relates to the problem of evil. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2019-0002 |