The Book of Ecclesiastes ( Qohelet ) and the Path to Joyous Living

Bibliographic Data

ID23802497
AuthorsT A Perry (University of Connecticut, corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBook of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) and the Path to Joyous Living (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316104491
OpenAlexW2492570019
ISBN9781316104491
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

This is the first full-length study of Ecclesiastes using methods of philosophical exegesis, specifically those of the modern French philosophers Levinas and Blanchot. T. A. Perry opens up new horizons in the philosophical understanding of the Hebrew Bible, offering a series of meditations on its general spiritual outlook. Perry breaks down Ecclesiastes' motto 'all is vanity' and returns 'vanity' to its original concrete meaning of 'breath', the breath of life. This central and forgotten teaching of Ecclesiastes leads to new areas of breath research related both to environmentalism and breath control

Art · Biblical studies · Epistemology · Exegesis · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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