Twentieth- and Twenty-first-century Readings of Hebel (hebel) in Ecclesiastes
The meaning of הֶבֶל is a crux interpretum for the book of Ecclesiastes. Notwithstanding some variation, Jerome’s vanitas reading of הֶבֶל in Ecclesiastes dominated scholarship for several centuries. Since the rise of modern biblical scholarship, הֶבֶל as ‘vanity’ has been largely rejected; however,...
| Published in: | Currents in biblical research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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| In: |
Currents in biblical research
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecclesiastes
/ hebel
/ Exegesis
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Vanity
B BIBLE. Eclesiastes B PRIDE & vanity Religious aspects B Ecclesiastes B history of interpretation B Hebel B Hermeneutics B Qohelet B Wisdom Literature |
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| Summary: | The meaning of הֶבֶל is a crux interpretum for the book of Ecclesiastes. Notwithstanding some variation, Jerome’s vanitas reading of הֶבֶל in Ecclesiastes dominated scholarship for several centuries. Since the rise of modern biblical scholarship, הֶבֶל as ‘vanity’ has been largely rejected; however, little consensus has been reached regarding the word’s meaning. The result has been a rich history of interpretation as scholars develop various suggestions for how הֶבֶל should be understood in Ecclesiastes. This essay briefly sketches the history of interpretation of הֶבֶל, then surveys proposals for the meaning of הֶבֶל in Ecclesiastes during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X15586039 |