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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25788074 Title: Dialogues with Kohelet : the book of Ecclesiastes : translation and commentary Author: T Anthony Perry Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1993. ISBN/ISSN: 0271008822 : 9780271008820 OCLC:25788074

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Dialogues with Kohelet : the book of Ecclesiastes : translation and commentary

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Dialogues with Kohelet : the book of Ecclesiastes : translation and commentary

Author:	T Anthony Perry
Publisher:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1993.
Edition/Format:	Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form:	Commentaries
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Perry, T. Anthony (Theodore Anthony), 1938- Dialogues with Kohelet. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1993 (OCoLC)609329040 Online version: Perry, T. Anthony (Theodore Anthony), 1938- Dialogues with Kohelet. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1993 (OCoLC)624379128
Material Type:	Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	T Anthony Perry Find more information about:
ISBN:	0271008822 : 9780271008820
OCLC Number:	25788074
Description:	xiv, 210 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	Part 1: Introduction. 1. The problem: pessimism and the Canon -- 2. The literary genre of Kohelet -- 3. The themes of Kohelet -- 4. K versus P: the dialogue of characters -- 5. K versus P: the dialogue of topics -- 6. The present translation, commentary, and notes -- Part 2: Dialogues with K: translation and commentary. I. The presenter P announces K's motto and thesis (1:1-3) -- II. Prologue on the nature of things: analogies from nature (1:4-11) -- III. The experiment with experience (1:12-2:26) -- IV. The two times or directions: human nature versus nature (2:26b-3:8) -- V. God's hidden purposes (3:9-15) -- VI. The place of justice (3:16-22) -- VII. A debate in proverbs: on the one versus the many (4:1-16) -- VIII. On sages and fools: let your words be few and fear God (4:17-5:8) -- IX. What is true wealth? (5:9-6:9a) -- X. Transition: what is man? (6:9b-11) -- XI. Beginnings and ends (again the two directions) (6:12-7:12) -- XII. More on God's purposes and justice (7:13-29) -- XIII. Reacting to absolute power: obedience or wisdom (8:1-7) -- XIV. On wickedness and retribution (8:8-9:3) -- XV. To life! (9:4-10) -- XVI. More on sages and fools (9:11-10:7) -- XVII. A debate in proverbs (10:8-11:10) -- XVIII. An allegory on old age and death (12:1-7) -- XIX. P's epilogue and the ongoing tradition of righting (12:8-14) -- Part 3: Additional notes and remarks. 1. Additional note on Kohelet == 2. Excursus: dialogue and its methods.
Other Titles:	Bible.
Responsibility:	T.A. Perry.

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