Arthur Keefer

Ecclesiastes and the Meaning of Life in the Ancient World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers an interdisciplinary interpretation of Ecclesiastes based on psychological research and a wide-ranging context of ancient literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009118545
• Artikelnr.: 70910583

Autorenporträt

Arthur Jan Keefer is a schoolmaster and chaplain at Eton College. He has published numerous articles and is the author of Proverbs 1-9 as an Introduction to the Book of Proverbs (2020) and The Book of Proverbs and Virtue Ethics: Integrating the Biblical and Philosophical Traditions (Cambridge 2021), and is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Suffering and meaning in Egyptian literature
2. Suffering and meaning in Mesopotamian literature
3. Suffering and meaning in Greek literature
4. Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life
5. Ecclesiastes, suffering and joy
6. In context: suffering, meaning and Ecclesiastes in the ancient world and Old Testament.