Polar Structures in the Book of Qohelet (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fa1/4r die Alttestamentliche Wissen) (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Alttestamentliche Wissensch)

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose. Chapter I: Introduction 13 Chapter II: Formal Literary Aspects 16 1. The composition 16 2. Figures of style 21 3. Metre 27 4. Gattungen 30 Chapter III: Polar thought patterns 41 PART A 41 1. Conservation, life-abandonment, death 41 2. Worth(lessness) of wisdom 47 3. Risk and assurance (111–6) 78 4. Political power(lessness) (82–9) 81 5. Talk and silence 85 6. Wealth has no value (59–69) 93 7. Labour without product 100 8. The inhuman human 105 9. No retribution where expected 109 10. Toil and joy 117 PART B 123 1. Composition 123 2. Figures of style 126 3. Metre 127 4. Gattungen 127 5 128 Chapter IV: Qohelet’s place in the development of wisdom 129 1. The history of Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom 129 2. The development in Old Testament wisdom 132 3. The position of Qohelet in the development 134 Chapter V: The Explanation for the Polarity in the Book of Qohelet 136 1. Religio-historical developments 136 2. Qohelet in this situation 140 Chapter VI: Conclusion 144 Bibliography 146 Abbreviations 149 Transcription 150

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

J. A. Loader. Bibliography: P. [134]-136.