How Long to Read Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New

How Long Does it Take to Read Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 58 minutes to read Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New by Katherine J. Dell

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Readers of texts come from all generations, from different contexts and with different agendas. This book gives a sample of what both ancient and contemporary readers have brought to the book of Ecclesiastes in the quest for illumination of the text and for their own enlightenment, often furnishing their own agenda. Debates over meaning are formed, shaped, and illuminated by the interpreters themselves. Part One looks at ancient interpreters and at their methods of approaching the text. Jewish and Christian interpreters alike sought to find meaning amongst some of the key puzzles of the book—why does the author call himself “the son of David” and appear to be Solomon when his pen name also seems to be Qoheleth? Why the contradictions in content? How did such an unorthodox book come to be canonized? How did the dualistic contemptus mundi interpretation of the vanity theme perpetuated by Jerome and others come to hold the field for so long? And how did Luther and the reformers seek to rectify that approach? These questions and others are addressed in this book, looking through the lens of past interpretation. Part Two acknowledges our increasing self-awareness of the importance of method in approaching biblical texts and turns to a sample of modern interpretations from familiar reading groups such as the ecologist, the animal theologian, the liberationist, the post-colonialist, and the feminist. It will be seen that different modern approaches often enlighten the interpretation of specific verses within Ecclesiastes and hence that no one method is a wholesale “solution” to interpretive concerns.

How long is Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New?

Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New by Katherine J. Dell is 116 pages long, and a total of 29,696 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 42 minutes to read Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New aloud.

What Reading Level is Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New?

Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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