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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ecclesiastes: Relevant for Theological Ethics?; Ecclesiastes and theological ethics; Biblical Studies; Theological Ethics; Reasons for Neglect; Formal Reasons; Theological Reasons; Wisdom Literature; Ecclesiastes; Ecclesiastes and contemporary theologies of work; Why St Bonaventure and Martin Luther?; Qoheleth on Novelty and Nostalgia; Historical-Critical Reasons; Historical-Theological Reasons; Contemptus Mundi and the Enjoyment of Creatures; Points of Theological Convergence and Divergence. |
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Locating an ethic of work in Ecclesiastes: The direction of this bookChapter 1 Qoheleth's Perplexing Story: Six Topics for Theological-Ethical Engagement; Composition and structure; Qoheleth and the figure of Solomon; Vanitas; Perception and epistemology; Cult, economy, and politics; Time; Carpe diem; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Solomon's Manual for Penitents: St Bonaventure on Ecclesiastes; The context of Bonaventure's Commentary on Ecclesiastes; An "Academic Commentary"; Bonaventure's place within the interpretative tradition; The character of Solomon. |
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Solomon's experience: The efficient cause of EcclesiastesSolomon's "Dialogues": The formal cause of Ecclesiastes; Vanitas: From contemplative contempt to contemptuous guilt; Bonaventure's nuanced version of contemptus mundi; Bonaventure's Metaphysics: Emanation, Exemplarity, andConsummation; Creation as a Wedding Ring: Defending the Final Cause ofEcclesiastes; Triplex vanitas: Defending the Material Cause of Ecclesiastes; Vanitas Mutabilitatis; Curiositas: The corruption of the liberal and mechanical arts; Curiositas According to Augustine; Solomon's Duplex Curiositas. |
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The Curiosity of the "Athenians"Conclusion; Chapter 3 Solomon's Sermon for the Oeconomia and the Politia: Martin Luther on Ecclesiastes; The context of Luther's "Notes on Ecclesiastes"; From Bonaventure to Luther; The Final Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Material Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Formal Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Efficient Cause of Ecclesiastes; The character of Solomon; Ecclesiastes as Solomon's Confessions; Ecclesiastes as Solomon's "Sermon on the Mount"; The three estates; Introduction to Luther's drei Stände; The Ecclesia; The Oeconomia; The Politia; Time. |
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The Concupiscentia FuturorumThe Hora (Stündelein); Accipe horam; Carpe Diem?; Rest-in-Use: Luther's Deployment of Augustine'sUsus/Fruitio Distinction; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Qoheleth's Work Ethic: Human Work in the Work of God; The words and works of humanity in the Word and work of God: Reading Ecclesiastes christologically; Ecclesiastes 1:4-11: Work as an Invitation to Perceive the"Words" through the Word; Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15: Work as an Invitation to Participate inChrist's New Work in the Present; Qoheleth's work ethic and contemporary theologies of work; Work and Protology. |
| Summary |
Atkinson uses Qoheleth's work ethic to provide an analysis of Ecclesiastes, utilising the writings of St Bonaventure and Martin Luther. Reading Ecclesiastes within a penitential framework, Bonaventure offers a version of the contemptus mundi tradition that is rooted in his metaphysics. His commentary is ethically significant for the way he detects the vice of curiousity precipitating a perceptual rupture wherein vanity comes to signify sin and guilt. Luther, on the other hand, interprets Solomon as a wise economic-political administrator who preaches the good news of God's involvement in quoti. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Ecclesiastes -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Ecclesiastes. |
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Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274.
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Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274. |
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. |
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Bible. Ecclesiastes. |
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Work -- Biblical teaching.
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Work -- Biblical teaching. |
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Work. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Atkinson, Taylor. Singing at the winepress 9780567659910 (DLC) 2014036726 (OCoLC)886489316 |
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9780567659927 (electronic book) |
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0567659925 (electronic book) |
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9780567659910 |
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0567659917 |
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9780567659934 (epub) |
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