| Death in Qoheleth and Egyptian Biographies of the Late Period Contributor(s): Burkes, Shannon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589834089 ISBN-13: 9781589834088 Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Revising his 1997 doctoral dissertation for the University of Chicago, Burkes looks closely at the Hebrew book of the Bible that was translated into Greek as Ecclesiastes. He finds the problem of death to be its driving theme and main concern. Of all the obsessions in the Bible, he says, only here is it death, which is part of what makes the book distinctive and often considered bizarre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - History | Ancient - Egypt |
| Dewey: 291.23 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.88 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Theometrics - Academic |
