Language:
English
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Angaben zur Quelle:
9 (2009) 30 pp.
Keywords:
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) In the Bible
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Language, style
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Bible History of Biblical events
;
Material culture
;
Eretz Israel History 586 B.C.-70 A.D., Exilic and Second Temple period
Abstract:
A new interpretation is offered for Qoh 4:17 that highlights the Sitz im Leben of the Ptolemaic regime. Qoh 4:17, though couched in cultic terms and with a Temple setting, contains allusions to the Ptolemaic reality of spies and informers who helped the Ptolemaic administration exact heavy taxes. It is shown that this dual level (cultic and non-cultic) meaning persists in the unit Qoh 4:17-5:6.
Note:
Appeared also in the journal's print version "Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures" 6 (2010) 455-487.
DOI:
10.5508/jhs.2009.v9.a21
URL:
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