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,...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Currents in biblical research
Année: 2016, Volume: 14, Numéro: 3, Pages: 279-297 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Kohelet
/ hebel
/ Exégèse
/ Histoire
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaïsme HB Ancien Testament KAB Christianisme primitif KAJ Époque contemporaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X15586039 |