TY - BOOK AU - Koh,Y.V. TI - Royal autobiography in the book of Qoheleth T2 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, SN - 9783110923155 AV - BS1475.52 .K64 2006eb U1 - 223/.806 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - Walter de Gruyter KW - Bible KW - Ecclesiastes KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Kings and rulers KW - Biblical teaching KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Wisdom Literature KW - Middle East KW - Electronic books KW - Academic theses KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and indexes; ""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. Qohelethâ€?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. Qohelethâ€?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 Qohelethâ€?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-Royalâ€? 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. Longmanâ€?s ‚Fictional Akkadian Autobiographiesâ€?""; ""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"" UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=557414 ER -