Koh, Y. V. (Yee-Von) creator text bibliography Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Academic theses. gw Berlin New York Walter de Gruyter 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) ""Abbreviations""; ""Sigla""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. A Survey of the History of Interpretation of Qoheleth""; ""A. Pre-Critical Interpretations""; ""B. Modern Critical Scholarship on Qoheleth""; ""C. Current Sceptical Interpretations of Qoheleth""; ""III. Purpose of This Study""; ""IV. Outline of This Study""; ""V. Scope of This Study""; ""Chapter 2: The Royal Voice of Qoheleth""; ""I. Examination of the Main Evidence of the Royal Voice in 1:12-2:26""; ""A. Qoheleth�s Self-Introduction (1:12)""; ""B. A Solomonic Experiment (1:13-18)"" ""C. A Test of Pleasure (2:1-11)""""D. An Experiment with Wisdom and the Issue of Royal Legacy (2:12-23)""; ""E. Qoheleth�s Practical Advice for Living (2:24-26)""; ""F. Summary""; ""II. Does the Royal Voice Speak Beyond 2:26?""; ""III. Arguments for the Pervasiveness of Qoheleth�s Royal Voice""; ""A. Perdue -- the Royal Testament of Qoheleth""; ""B. Christianson -- Telling the Story of Qoheleth""; ""C. Summary""; ""IV. Examination of the Allegedly ‚Anti-Royal� Passages""; ""A. The Problem of Injustice""; ""B. The Nature of Kingship""; ""C. Summary""; ""V. Concluding Remarks"" ""Chapter 3: Qoheleth in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Literature""""Section 1: The Royal Language of Qoheleth: Qoheleth and Ancient Semitic Royal Inscriptions""; ""I. West Semitic Royal Inscriptions""; ""A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction""; ""B. The Royal Boasting of Deeds""; ""C. Comparison with Predecessors and Contemporaries""; ""D. Royal Wisdom""; ""E. A Political and Military Background""; ""F. Summary""; ""II. Akkadian (Sargonid) Royal Inscriptions""; ""A. The Formulaic Self-Introduction""; ""B. The Royal Boasting""; ""C. Comparison with Predecessors""; ""D. Royal Wisdom"" ""E. Warring Background""""F. Summary""; ""III. Concluding Remarks""; ""Section 2: Qoheleth and the Fictional Royal Texts of Akkad and Ancient Egypt""; ""IV. Longman�s ‚Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies�""; ""A. Fictional Akkadian Autobiographies with Didactic Endings""; ""B. Longman's Analysis of Qoheleth""; ""C. Summary""; ""V. Pseudo-autobiographies of the Kings of Akkad""; ""A. The Cuthean Legend of Naram Sin""; ""B. A Text of the King of Isin""; ""C. A Sargon Autobiography""; ""D. The Sargon Legend""; ""E. Key Characteristics of the Corpus""; ""F. Summary"" ""VI. Egyptian Instructions""""A. Royal Testaments""; ""B. Royal Instructions""; ""C. Summary""; ""VII. Pessimistic Reflective Discourses""; ""A. Royal Laments""; ""B. Summary""; ""VIII. Concluding Remarks""; ""Chapter 4: Qoheleth as Royal Autobiography""; ""I. Autobiography as a Wisdom Form""; ""II. The Autobiographical Character of Qoheleth""; ""III. The Pervasive Presence of Qoheleth""; ""A. The Prevalent T""; ""B. The Presence of Second-Person Address and the Issue of Unity""; ""IV. The Dynamics of Qoheleth's Narrative""; ""A. Loader's Theory of Polar Tensions"" Y.V. Koh. Ph. D. Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge 2005 Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and indexes. aw----- Criticism, interpretation, etc Kings and rulers Biblical teaching Middle East Kings and rulers RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament RELIGION Biblical Studies Wisdom Literature Kings and rulers Kings and rulers Biblical teaching Middle East BS1475.52 .K64 2006eb 223/.806 Koh, Y.V. (Yee-Von). Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2006 (DLC) 2007295949 9783110923155 3110923157 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=557414 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=557414 E7B 070306 20200709055801.0 ocn811402345 eng