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Ecclesiastes, Song oOf Songs (Hardcover)
Series: The NIV Application Commentary
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The NIV Application Commentary Ecclesiastes/Song of Songs.
Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs have always presented particular
challenges to their readers, especially if those readers are
seeking to understand them as part of Christian Scripture.
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. Using the standard structure of the
NIVAC series, it explores their original meaning, the bridging
contexts that enable their journey to the present, and their
contemporary significance. In the course of the exploration, these
books are seen to be deeply relevant in what they have to say both
to the contemporary church and the contemporary culture."
General
Imprint: |
Zondervan Publishing House
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The NIV Application Commentary |
Release date: |
March 2001 |
First published: |
April 2001 |
Authors: |
Iain Provan
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Dimensions: |
239 x 159 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
399 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-310-21372-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-310-21372-X |
Barcode: |
9780310213727 |
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