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The book of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) and the path to joyous living

By Perry , Theodore Anthony

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107088046, 978-1-107-08804-7, 9781316104491, 1316104494, 9781316320136, 1316320138
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15589272 bytes)
Series
Qohelet and the Path to Joyous Living
Pages
273\280
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Bible. -- Ecclesiastes -- Criticismetc. Bible. -- Ecclesiastes. RELIGION / Biblical Sinterpretation

Description

This is the first full-length study of Ecclesiastes using methods of philosophical exegesis, specifically those of the modern French philosophers Levinas and Blanchot. T. A. Perry opens up new horizons in the philosophical understanding of the Hebrew Bible, offering a series of meditations on its general spiritual outlook. Perry breaks down Ecclesiastes's motto "all is vanity" and returns "vanity" to its original concrete meaning of "breath," the breath of life. This central and forgotten teaching of Ecclesiastes leads to new areas of breath research related both to environmentalism and breath control

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