Death and divine judgement in Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes among the OT books is an anomaly, but not without its significance. After all, it has survived inquiries about its questionable content and remains a part of canonical Scripture. The unusual content of Ecclesiastes may be related to certain historical circumstances when it was written....
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 309-312 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ Death
/ Judgment of God
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| Further subjects: | B
Book review
B Peer reviewed B Dissertations, Academic Great Britain B Death Biblical teaching B Judgment of God B Bible. Ecclesiastes Theology |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Ecclesiastes among the OT books is an anomaly, but not without its significance. After all, it has survived inquiries about its questionable content and remains a part of canonical Scripture. The unusual content of Ecclesiastes may be related to certain historical circumstances when it was written. As there is little internal or external evidence, however, it is no easy task to assign the book's date to any particular period. Premised on the current consensus regarding its plausible dating between the 6th and 3rd centuries, albeit mainly based on linguistic evidence, one may well ask: what is the book of Ecclesiastes doing, if it appeared on the cusp of the Persian-Hellenistic transition period, when the traditional idea of theodicy was perhaps becoming a serious issue in Israelite society before full-blown apocalyptic eschatology surfaced? This thesis probes that question. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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