Davis Hankins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3987769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davis Hankins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Davis |
| FAMILY NAME | Hankins |
| SIGNATURE | HANKINS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Appalachian State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is Qohelet’s Problem
This essay distinguishes various interpretations of Ecclesiastes using heuristic categories that effectively map their divergent readings on the basis of how they primarily construe the central problem posed by the book. We suggest that there are roughly five broad conceptual models used by readers to answer the question, “What is Qohelet’s problem?” namely: as an epistemological, theological/ethical, political/economic, existential, and/or ontol…
What does Job Want? Desire, Fear, Anxiety, and God in and Beyond Job 23
Job expresses several distinct desires in the poetic portions of the book of Job. Many interpreters have analyzed how Job uses legal language to express a desire to contend with God in court, and Job 23 is often cited as exemplary of this wish. However, in ch. 23 and elsewhere, Job rejects this imaginary courtroom scene as an impossibility because he experiences God’s presence as debilitating to his constitution as a subject. Job subsequently exp…
Tenacious Solidarity
The Book of Job
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The Book of Job
Tenacious Solidarity
What does Job Want? Desire, Fear, Anxiety, and God in and Beyond Job 23
Job expresses several distinct desires in the poetic portions of the book of Job. Many interpreters have analyzed how Job uses legal language to express a desire to contend with God in court, and Job 23 is often cited as exemplary of this wish. However, in ch. 23 and elsewhere, Job rejects this imaginary courtroom scene as an impossibility because he experiences God’s presence as debilitating to his constitution as a subject. Job subsequently exp…
What is Qohelet’s Problem
This essay distinguishes various interpretations of Ecclesiastes using heuristic categories that effectively map their divergent readings on the basis of how they primarily construe the central problem posed by the book. We suggest that there are roughly five broad conceptual models used by readers to answer the question, “What is Qohelet’s problem?” namely: as an epistemological, theological/ethical, political/economic, existential, and/or ontol…
Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work)