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

A time to tear down and a time to build up : a rereading of Ecclesiastes / Michael V. Fox.
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ISBN 0802842925
Name Fox, Michael V.
Title A time to tear down and a time to build up : a rereading of Ecclesiastes / Michael V. Fox.
Cover title Time to tear down & a time to build up.
Published Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, 1999.
Description xviip 422p. ; 24 cm.
Notes Includes a bibliography and indexes.
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents On reading contradictions -- Hebel and [Reeut] Ruaḥ -- Justice -- What is wisdom? -- Is wisdom foolish? -- Deed and event -- The best things in life -- Toil and pleasure -- The end of the matter -- Commentary: introduction: Excursus I: time in Qohelet's "catalogue of times" -- Commentary -- Excursus II: how worlds end: aging and death in Qohelet 12 -- Excursus III: the voices in the book of Quhelet.
Summary 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. --from publisher description.
Subjects Bible. -- Ecclesiastes -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. -- Ecclesiastes -- Psychology
Bible. -- Ecclesiastes -- Language, style
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