(Per)mutations of Qohelet : reading the body in the book / Jennifer L. Koosed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koosed, Jennifer L.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 429.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 429

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Religious aspects.

Human body.

Identity (Psychology).

Bible. Ecclesiastes--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Other Title:

Permutations of Qohelet

Place of Publication:

New York : T&T Clark, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

(Per)mutations of Qohelet explores the question, Who is Qohelet? Rather than peering behind or through the text to answer this question in terms of authorship, Koosed analyzes the identity that is created through the words on the page. The text is not a transparent medium connecting reader with author; instead, it is an opaque body - it has weight, substance, skin. Koosed begins with an analysis of the ways in which words construct identities and the reasons why words can affect us so profoundly, relying primarily on the work of Judith Butler and Elaine Scarry. She then explores autobiography

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCING QOHELET; Chapter 2 CALLING QOHELET NAMES; Chapter 3 FRAGMENTS OF QOHELET'S BODY; Chapter 4 QOHELET IN PLEASURE AND PAIN; Chapter 5 IN LOVE AND (GENDER) TROUBLE; Chapter 6 DECOMPOSING QOHELET; Chapter 7 READING THE EPILOGUE THROUGH THIS BODY; Chapter 8 DEPARTURES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611802271

9780567290748

0567290743

9781281802279

1281802271

9780567401113

0567401111

OCLC:

276306635