RT Book
T1 Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life in the ancient world
A1 Keefer, Arthur 1987-
LA English
PP New York
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1798265540
AB Offers an interdisciplinary interpretation of Ecclesiastes based on psychological research and a wide-ranging context of ancient literature.
AB Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- The Meaning of Life -- Suffering -- Meaning and Suffering in the Ancient World -- Excluded Texts and the Date of Ecclesiastes -- Outline of Chapters -- 2 Suffering and Meaning in Egyptian Literature -- Coherence in Ancient Egypt -- The Complaints of Khakheperraseneb -- The Dispute between a Man and His Ba -- Summary -- A Coherent World in Egypt: Anksheshonq, Papyrus Insinger and Papyrus Lansing -- Suffering Incoherence in Papyrus Insinger -- Summary -- Purpose in Ancient Egypt -- The Song from the Tomb of King Intef -- The Statue Inscription of Nebneteru -- Significance of Life in Ancient Egypt -- Summary -- 3 Suffering and Meaning in Mesopotamian Literature -- Assyrian Royal Autobiography -- The Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin -- Sin of Sargon -- Summary -- Babylonian Skeptical Literature -- Ludlul Bel Nemeqi (''The Pious Sufferer'') -- The Babylonian Theodicy -- Counsels of a Pessimist -- Summary -- The Epic of Gilgamesh -- 4 Suffering and Meaning in Greek Literature -- Epicurus -- Stoicism -- Theognis -- 5 Ecclesiastes and the Meaning of Life -- Coherence -- Significance -- Purpose -- The Relationship of Coherence, Significance and Purpose in Ecclesiastes -- Conclusion -- 6 Ecclesiastes, Suffering and Joy -- Lexical Evidence for Suffering -- Coherence -- Incoherence Induces Suffering -- The Pleasure of Coherence -- Joy against the Suffering of Incoherence -- Alternatives to Joy as a Response to Suffering Incoherence -- Human and Divine Control over Joy and Suffering -- Summary -- Significance -- The Suffering of the Oppressed -- Summary -- Purpose -- The Conditions of Joy -- An Order to Suffering and Life's Meaning -- 7 In Context: Suffering, Meaning and Ecclesiastes in the Ancient World and Old Testament -- Egypt.
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SN 9781009118545
K1 Electronic books