Contents
Introduction
1: Qohelet’s Heterodox Character: Non–Social-Science Approaches
2: Explaining Qohelet’s Heterodox Character: Social-Science Approaches
3: Qohelet’s Sociohistorical Context
4: Qohelet and His Audience’s Social Location
5: Synchronic (Literary) Analysis of the Book of Qohelet
6: Qohelet, the Problem of Evil, and Cognitive Dissonance
7: Qohelet’s Irrational Response to the (Over-)Rationalization of Traditional Wisdom
8: The Positive Power of Qohelet’s Pessimism
9: The Sociology of the Book of Qohelet’s Canonicity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects