A time to tear down and a time to build up : a rereading of Ecclesiastes / Michael V. Fox. [print]

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Fox, Michael V, 1940- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0802842925
9780802842923

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LOC classification:

BS1475.2.F793.T564 1999
BS1475.2.F793.T564 1999

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Summary: Pervaded as it is with pessimism, paradox, and a multitude of contradictions, Ecclesiastes has long been one of the most difficult books of the Bible to understand. As this study demonstrates, however, it is precisely these contradictions that make Ecclesiastes so meaningful and so powerfully relevant to life in the world. By looking carefully at the language and thought of Ecclesiastes, as well as at its uses of contradictions in probing the meaning of life, Fox confronts the problems that have confounded interpretation of this biblical book. He shows that by using contradiction to tear down holistic claims of meaning and purpose in the world and rebuilding meaning in a local, restricted sense instead, the author of Ecclesiastes shapes a bold, honest-and ultimately uplifting-vision of life. Based on solid scholarly insight yet readable by all, Fox's work provides some of the best commentary available on this challenging section of Scripture. https://www.amazon.com/Time-Tear-Down-Build-Ecclesiastes/dp/0802842925/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0802842925&qid=1588774235&s=books&sr=1-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Reference (Library Use ONLY)	G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library)	RES	BS1475.9 .F695 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	BIB 4117		31923001022405

Pervaded as it is with pessimism, paradox, and a multitude of contradictions, Ecclesiastes has long been one of the most difficult books of the Bible to understand. As this study demonstrates, however, it is precisely these contradictions that make Ecclesiastes so meaningful and so powerfully relevant to life in the world. By looking carefully at the language and thought of Ecclesiastes, as well as at its uses of contradictions in probing the meaning of life, Fox confronts the problems that have confounded interpretation of this biblical book. He shows that by using contradiction to tear down holistic claims of meaning and purpose in the world and rebuilding meaning in a local, restricted sense instead, the author of Ecclesiastes shapes a bold, honest-and ultimately uplifting-vision of life. Based on solid scholarly insight yet readable by all, Fox's work provides some of the best commentary available on this challenging section of Scripture.

https://www.amazon.com/Time-Tear-Down-Build-Ecclesiastes/dp/0802842925/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=0802842925&qid=1588774235&s=books&sr=1-1

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