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Symbol and Rhetoric in Ecclesiastes: The Place of Hebel in Qohelet's Work

Symbol and Rhetoric in Ecclesiastes: The Place of Hebel in Qohelet's Work

Miller, Douglas B.

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ISBN10: 1589830296
ISBN13: 9781589830295
Publisher: Soc Of Biblical Literature
Published: Jan 1 2002
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.08
Language: English
Interpreters of Ecclesiastes have struggled with the word hebel (traditionally vanity but literally vapor). The positions they have adopted regarding the term have influenced their interpretation of the book as a whole. This work defends a new thesis for hebel. It presents a methodology for metaphor and symbol, then demonstrates how Qohelet employs hebel in the book with referents related to insubstantiality, transience, and foulness. These referents are incorporated into a single, multivalent vapor-symbol by which Qohelet represents human experience. The study provides significant substantiation for the realist position on Ecclesiastes: Qohelet does not declare life to be entirely meaningless or absurd, but rather says that life is filled with limitations and complications and counsels his readers how to make the most of that life. The study concludes with a proposal for the rhetoric of Ecclesiastes in light of the symbol thesis. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

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