The Historical Jesus? Necessity and Limits of an Inquiry

by Nodet, Etienne; Crowley, J. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780567027214
• ISBN10: 056702721X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

From its earliest known interpretations up to the present day Ecclesiastes has been read in very diverse - even diametrically opposed - ways. By paying close attention to recent work on Ecclesiastes (including modern translations of the book), Ambiguity in Ecclesiastes shows the continued diversity of interpretation at various levels: individual words, verses, passages and the book as a whole. Ingram maintains that the reason for this diversity is that Ecclesiastes is fundamentally ambiguous by design. Ingram considers the concept of ambiguity in light of modern literary theory and applies it to the book of Ecclesiastes, considering first the book as a whole and then demonstrating the ambiguity of a sample passage. Ambiguity in Ecclesiastes examines the ambiguity of key words in the biblical book and explores the implications for interpretation of such ambiguity. Ingram argues that ambiguity in Ecclesiastes is intended to capture, and help the reader engage with, ambiguity in life. Such an approach to Ecclesiastes is particularly appropriate in a postmodern age, regardless of how aware the reader is of the influence of postmodernism.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Preface	p. 4
Introduction	p. 18
The Eucharist	p. 25
Structure of the Eucharist	p. 25
Song and Sin	p. 30
Scripture and the Word of God	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 42
The World of Jesus	p. 44
The Sacred Library	p. 44
Galilee	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 62
The Gospels	p. 65
Two Paradoxes	p. 65
Synoptic Gospels	p. 81
Life of Jesus	p. 98
The Fulfillment of the Scriptures	p. 99
The Accounts of the Infancy of Jesus	p. 105
Baptism of Jesus	p. 124
The Passion	p. 140
Public Life of Jesus	p. 166
Conclusion	p. 187
Ancient Texts	p. 193
The Slavonic Version of Josephus's War of the Jews	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 238
Scripture Index	p. 243
General Index	p. 247
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