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    • Author/Creator:Sneed, Mark R.
    • Title:The politics of pessimism in Ecclesiastes [electronic resource] : a social-science prespective / by Mark R. Sneed.
    • Published/Created:Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012.
    • Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 341 p.) ; 23 cm.
    • Links:Online book

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    • Notes:Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Ancient Israel and its literature]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • In_:ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
    • Variant and related titles:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
    • Other formats:Original
    • Format:Book
    • Series:Ancient Israel and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 12
      ACLS Humanities E-Book.
      Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 12.
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-317) and index.
    • Contents:Introduction -- Qohelet's heterodox character: non-social science approaches -- Explaining Qohelet's heterodox character: social science approaches -- Qohelet's socio-historical context -- Qohelet and his audience's social location -- Synchronic (literary) analysis of the book of Qohelet -- Qohelet, the problem of evil, and cognitive dissonance -- Qohelet's irrational response to the (over-)rationalization of traditional -- The positive power of Qohelet's pessimism -- The sociology of the book of Qohelet's canonicity -- Conclusion.
    • Subjects:Bible. Ecclesiastes--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
      Bible. Ecclesiastes--Social scientific criticism.
      Sociology, Biblical.
      Pessimism.
    • Also listed under:American Council of Learned Societies.
    Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/15556114