Skip to main content
ACLS Humanities EBook

ACLS
Humanities Ebook

Browse Books Help
Get access to more books. Log in with your institution.

Your use of this Platform is subject to the Fulcrum Terms of Service.

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. The politics of pessimism in Ecclesiastes: a social-science prespective

The politics of pessimism in Ecclesiastes: a social-science prespective

Mark R. Sneed
Restricted You don't have access to this book. Please try to log in with your institution. Log in
Read Book
  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Abbreviations (page xiii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • 1. Qohelet's Heterodox Character (page 13)
  • 2. Explaining Qohelet's Heterodox Character (page 55)
  • 3. Qohelet's Sociohistorical Context (page 85)
  • 4. Qohelet and His Audience's Social Location (page 125)
  • 5. Synchronic (Literary) Analysis (page 155)
  • 6. Qohelet, the Problem of Evil, and Cognitive Dissonance (page 177)
  • 7. Qohelet's Irrational Response to the (Over-)Rationalization of Traditional Wisdom (page 203)
  • 8. The Positive Power of Qohelet's Pessimism (page 231)
  • 9. The Sociology of the Book of Qohelet's Canonicity (page 255)
  • Conclusion (page 279)
  • Bibliography (page 283)
  • Index of Ancient Sources (page 319)
  • Index of Modern Authors (page 326)
  • Index of Subjects (page 337)
Citable Link
Published: c2012
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781589836105 (paper)
  • 9781589836358 (ebook)
Series
  • Ancient Israel and Its Literature
Subject
  • Biblical Literature
ACLS Humanities Ebook Contact Us

Twitter

ACLS Michigan Publishing

ACLS HEB is a partnership between ACLS and Michigan Publishing

ACLS HEB

  • Browse and Search
  • About ACLS HEB
  • Impact and Usage

Information For

  • Librarians
  • Publishers
  • Societies

Quicklinks

  • Help/FAQ
  • Title List
  • MARC Records
  • KBART Records
  • Usage Stats
© 2023 ACLS Humanities Ebook · Accessibility · Preservation · Privacy · Terms of Service
Powered by Fulcrum logo · Log In
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.