Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries
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Autor: Eric Christianson
ISBN: 9780470674918
Editura: Wiley-Blackwell
Anul publicării: 2012
Pagini: 336
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Over the centuries, Ecclesiastes has influenced numerous and diverse aspects of life and thought. Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries assesses the effects of the book on the culture of the various times in religious, artistic, and social contexts.
Presents an innovative, reception history approach to the study of Ecclesiastes, by tracing its influence on religion, culture, literature, art, and social thought
Explores a fascinating range of Jewish and Christian readings
Features engaging and unusual examples from art, music, literature and history: from Thackeray and Orwell, to Salvador Dali’s Illustrated Bible, to the inflammatory exposition of Ecclesiastes at the funeral of Queen Mary
Published in the innovative Blackwell Bible Commentaries series; for further information visit the series website at www.bbibcomm.net
Series Editors’ Preface xi
Preface xiii
Preface to the Paperback Edition xvii
Testimonia 1
The Vagaries of Interpreting Ecclesiastes 1
Charting a Harsh Terrain 4
Qoheleth the Philosopher 5
Wrought by Melancholy 7
Preacher of Joy 9
True to Life 10
Qoheleth and Christianity 14
Qoheleth and Justice 15
Introduction 17
1 A History of Reception Histories 19
2 Reading Strategies and Lines of Influence 22
Pre-Modern Reading: –1500 23
Early Modern Reading: 1500–1800 40
A. Renaissance and Reform 40
B. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Verse 51
C. On the Way to Modernity 57
Modern Reading: 1800– 65
A. Literature 65
B. Visual Art, Music and Film 75
C. Comparative Studies 84
Ecclesiastes 1 87
The Life and Death of Solomon the Author: 1:1 et passim 89
A. Alive and Well in Pre-Modernity (–1500) 89
B. Embattled in Early Modernity (1500–1800) 95
C. Dead in Modernity – Solomon’s Ghost (1800–) 96
Vanitas Vanitatum: 1:2 et passim 98
A. Despising the World through Vanitas (–1500) 100
B. Renaissance Vanitas: Despising Jerome and Suspecting the Sciences (1500–1800) 106
C. Literary Vanitas: New Points of Reference (1800–) 125
D. The Breadth of Vanitas 140
The Overture Played Out: 1:3–18 142
Ecclesiastes 2 156
Wrestling with the Test of Pleasure: 2:1–10 157
Understanding Wisdom, Folly and God’s Gifts: 2:11–24 161
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 164
The Totality of Times 165
Ecclesiastes 3:9–6:12 174
On Fate, Knowledge and Anthropology: 3:9–22 175
On Oppression and the Value of Companionship: 4:1–12 180
On Conducting Oneself in the House of God: 5:1–8 183
On the Possibility of Profi t and Relief from hebel: 5:10–6:12 184
Ecclesiastes 7–8 188
The Curious Values of Wisdom: 7:1–12 189
The Incongruity of Experience and the Inaccessibility of Wisdom: 7:13–29 192
About Wisdom, Power and Authority: 8:1–17 201
Ecclesiastes 9:1–12 206
The Wisdom of Death and Life 207
Ecclesiastes 9:13–11:10 216
Wise Conduct in the Light of Uncertainty: 9:13–11:6 217
The Final Call to Joy: 11:7–10 221
Ecclesiastes 12:1–7 225
The Rule of Allegory 227
Beyond Allegory 232
Ecclesiastes 12:8–14 247
The Final Word 249
A Hermeneutical Postscript 256
Understanding the Pervasive Appeal of Qoheleth 256
The Exegetical ‘Fidelity’ of Ecclesiastes’ Reception History 259
How Might This Reception History Inform the Discipline? 261
Bibliography 264
Primary Sources 265
1. Pre-1500 265
2. 1500–1800 267
3. Post-1800 271
Reception Histories of Ecclesiastes 275
1. Jewish and Christian 275
2. Surveys of Academic Approaches 280
3. Literature 281
Specialist Comparative Studies 283
Ecclesiastes General Secondary Sources 285
Other Secondary Sources 291
Appendix – The Quotable Qoheleth: Ecclesiastes in Popular Discourse 296
List of Illustrations 300
Acknowledgements 302
Name Index 303
Subject Index 312
Eric S. Christianson is an independent scholar living in the UK. He is author of A Time to Tell: Narrative Strategies in Ecclesiastes (1988) and co-editor of Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film (2005), The Lure of the Dark Side: Satan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture (2009) and Holy Terror: Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture (2010).
Presents an innovative, reception history approach to the study of Ecclesiastes, by tracing its influence on religion, culture, literature, art, and social thought
Explores a fascinating range of Jewish and Christian readings
Features engaging and unusual examples from art, music, literature and history: from Thackeray and Orwell, to Salvador Dali’s Illustrated Bible, to the inflammatory exposition of Ecclesiastes at the funeral of Queen Mary
Published in the innovative Blackwell Bible Commentaries series; for further information visit the series website at www.bbibcomm.net
Series Editors’ Preface xi
Preface xiii
Preface to the Paperback Edition xvii
Testimonia 1
The Vagaries of Interpreting Ecclesiastes 1
Charting a Harsh Terrain 4
Qoheleth the Philosopher 5
Wrought by Melancholy 7
Preacher of Joy 9
True to Life 10
Qoheleth and Christianity 14
Qoheleth and Justice 15
Introduction 17
1 A History of Reception Histories 19
2 Reading Strategies and Lines of Influence 22
Pre-Modern Reading: –1500 23
Early Modern Reading: 1500–1800 40
A. Renaissance and Reform 40
B. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Verse 51
C. On the Way to Modernity 57
Modern Reading: 1800– 65
A. Literature 65
B. Visual Art, Music and Film 75
C. Comparative Studies 84
Ecclesiastes 1 87
The Life and Death of Solomon the Author: 1:1 et passim 89
A. Alive and Well in Pre-Modernity (–1500) 89
B. Embattled in Early Modernity (1500–1800) 95
C. Dead in Modernity – Solomon’s Ghost (1800–) 96
Vanitas Vanitatum: 1:2 et passim 98
A. Despising the World through Vanitas (–1500) 100
B. Renaissance Vanitas: Despising Jerome and Suspecting the Sciences (1500–1800) 106
C. Literary Vanitas: New Points of Reference (1800–) 125
D. The Breadth of Vanitas 140
The Overture Played Out: 1:3–18 142
Ecclesiastes 2 156
Wrestling with the Test of Pleasure: 2:1–10 157
Understanding Wisdom, Folly and God’s Gifts: 2:11–24 161
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 164
The Totality of Times 165
Ecclesiastes 3:9–6:12 174
On Fate, Knowledge and Anthropology: 3:9–22 175
On Oppression and the Value of Companionship: 4:1–12 180
On Conducting Oneself in the House of God: 5:1–8 183
On the Possibility of Profi t and Relief from hebel: 5:10–6:12 184
Ecclesiastes 7–8 188
The Curious Values of Wisdom: 7:1–12 189
The Incongruity of Experience and the Inaccessibility of Wisdom: 7:13–29 192
About Wisdom, Power and Authority: 8:1–17 201
Ecclesiastes 9:1–12 206
The Wisdom of Death and Life 207
Ecclesiastes 9:13–11:10 216
Wise Conduct in the Light of Uncertainty: 9:13–11:6 217
The Final Call to Joy: 11:7–10 221
Ecclesiastes 12:1–7 225
The Rule of Allegory 227
Beyond Allegory 232
Ecclesiastes 12:8–14 247
The Final Word 249
A Hermeneutical Postscript 256
Understanding the Pervasive Appeal of Qoheleth 256
The Exegetical ‘Fidelity’ of Ecclesiastes’ Reception History 259
How Might This Reception History Inform the Discipline? 261
Bibliography 264
Primary Sources 265
1. Pre-1500 265
2. 1500–1800 267
3. Post-1800 271
Reception Histories of Ecclesiastes 275
1. Jewish and Christian 275
2. Surveys of Academic Approaches 280
3. Literature 281
Specialist Comparative Studies 283
Ecclesiastes General Secondary Sources 285
Other Secondary Sources 291
Appendix – The Quotable Qoheleth: Ecclesiastes in Popular Discourse 296
List of Illustrations 300
Acknowledgements 302
Name Index 303
Subject Index 312
Eric S. Christianson is an independent scholar living in the UK. He is author of A Time to Tell: Narrative Strategies in Ecclesiastes (1988) and co-editor of Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film (2005), The Lure of the Dark Side: Satan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture (2009) and Holy Terror: Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture (2010).
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