05014cam a22006494a 4500 ocm45418930 OCoLC 20181108115611.0 001114s2001 miu b 001 0 eng 00051293 DLC eng DLC YDX IHT BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP UBA OCLCG ZF3 IG# OCLCQ VP@ HNW OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCA ZAAPA 123141895 167254305 181939917 031021372X (alk. paper) 9780310213727 (alk. paper) 031020934X (hardcover) 9780310209348 (hardcover) AU@ 000022087204 IG# 9780310213727 NLGGC 229927084 NZ1 5950737 YDXCP 1736128 (OCoLC)45418930 (OCoLC)123141895 (OCoLC)167254305 (OCoLC)181939917 pcc BS1475.53 .P76 2001 223/.8077 21 11.41 bcl ZAAA Provan, Iain W. (Iain William), 1957- Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs : from biblical text ... to contemporary life / Iain Provan. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, �2001. 399 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier The NIV application commentary series Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Ecclesiastes regularly challenges the reader as to grammar and syntax. The interpretation even of words which occur frequently in the book is often unclear and a matter of dispute, partly because there is frequent word-play in the course of the argument. The argument is itself complex and sometimes puzzling and has often provoked the charge of inconsistency or outright self-contradiction. When considered in the larger context of the OT, Ecclesiastes stands out as an unusual book, whose connection with the main stream of biblical tradition seems tenuous. We find ourselves apparently reading about the meaninglessness of life and the certainty of death in a universe in which God is certainly present but is distant and somewhat uninvolved. When considered in the context of the NT, the dissonance between Ecclesiastes and its scriptural context seems even greater; for if there is one thing that we do not find in this book, it is the joy of resurrection. Perhaps this is one reason why Ecclesiastes is seldom read or preached on in modern churches. The Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon) has been read, historically, by Christians, in two primary ways--as a text which concerns the love and sexual intimacy of human beings and as a text which uses the language of human love and intimacy to speak of something else--the relationship between Christ and the church. Christians have often felt that they must choose between these options--that a text about human love and sexual intimacy could not be at the same time a spiritual text. It is one of the challenges of reading the Song to explore how far this is necessarily true and how far Christian readers have been influenced in their reading more by Platonism and Gnosticism than by biblical thinking about the nature of the human being and of human sexuality. Another challenge is to discover whether the Song is really one "song" at all, or simply a haphazard collection of shorter poems cast together because of their common theme of love; and still another is to gain clarity on what, precisely, is the connection between the Song and Solomon. This commentary sets out to wrestle honestly with all the challenges of reading these biblical books--the challenges of reading the texts in themselves, and the challenges of reading them as intrinsic parts of Christian Scripture. --From publisher's description. Bible. Ecclesiastes Commentaries. Bible. Song of Solomon Commentaries. Bible. Ecclesiastes. fast (OCoLC)fst01892894 Bible. Song of Solomon. fast (OCoLC)fst01892948 Prediker (bijbelboek) gtt Hooglied (bijbelboek) gtt B�iblia (coment�arios) larpcal Antigo testamento. larpcal Commentaries. fast (OCoLC)fst01423723 NIV application commentary. Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/00051293-s.html Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/00051293-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/00051293-d.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 19.99 14.99 031020934X 0003642357 active Baker & Taylor BKTY 27.99 20.99 031021372X 0003656670 active Baker and Taylor BTCP 00051293 Ingram INGR 9780310213727 YBP Library Services YANK 1754928 C0 ZAAPA 42616 42616 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2018-11-14 220.7 NIV APA076735 2018-11-14 1 2018-11-14 RES