Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue

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dc.contributor.advisorGitay, Yehoshuaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKohn, Elien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-13T09:29:01Z
dc.date.available2016-05-13T09:29:01Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 135-137.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe book of Ecclesiastes or Kohelet, using its Hebrew title is one of the Five Megilloth (Scrolls). This Biblical book characterizes life as utter futility like "shepherding" or "chasing the wind". Throughout the book one encounters teachings that stand in considerable tension with each other. For example in 7:3 Kohelet states: "Anger is better than happiness" while later in 8: 15 he writes: "I praised Happiness: In 7: 1 he says: "Better the day of one's death than the day one is born'; while in 11: 7 he states: "Light is sweet and good for the eyes so as 'to see the sun". Contradictions such as these are found throughout the book. The following study of Kohelet will attempt to analyze.previous studies of the book which have offered ways of interpreting these contradictions. Several responses have commended themselves to interpreters. Some see the author of Kohelet as citing traditional wisdom and then refuting it. Others see the book as reflecting a single author's changing viewpoints over the years as well as life's ambiguities. Some understand Kohelet as a book written by one author while later editors added their viewpoints.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKohn, E. (1997). <i>Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19639en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKohn, Eli. <i>"Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19639en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKohn, E. 1997. Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kohn, Eli AB - The book of Ecclesiastes or Kohelet, using its Hebrew title is one of the Five Megilloth (Scrolls). This Biblical book characterizes life as utter futility like "shepherding" or "chasing the wind". Throughout the book one encounters teachings that stand in considerable tension with each other. For example in 7:3 Kohelet states: "Anger is better than happiness" while later in 8: 15 he writes: "I praised Happiness: In 7: 1 he says: "Better the day of one's death than the day one is born'; while in 11: 7 he states: "Light is sweet and good for the eyes so as 'to see the sun". Contradictions such as these are found throughout the book. The following study of Kohelet will attempt to analyze.previous studies of the book which have offered ways of interpreting these contradictions. Several responses have commended themselves to interpreters. Some see the author of Kohelet as citing traditional wisdom and then refuting it. Others see the book as reflecting a single author's changing viewpoints over the years as well as life's ambiguities. Some understand Kohelet as a book written by one author while later editors added their viewpoints. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue TI - Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19639 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19639
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKohn E. Book of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogue. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19639en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentKaplan Centre for Jewish Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHebrew Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleBook of Ecclesiastes-Kohelet Kohelet : a living dialogueen_ZA
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