2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in academic studies
Qoheleth, also called Ecclesiastes, has been bad news for women throughout history. In this commentary Lisa Wolfe offers intriguing new possibilities for feminist interpretation of the book's parts, including Qoheleth's most offensive passages, and as a whole. Throughout her interpretation, Wolfe explores multiple connections between this book and women of all times, from investigating how the verbs in the time poem in 3:1-8 may relate to biblical and contemporary women alike, to noting that if 11:1 indicates ancient beer making it thus reveals the women who made the beer itself. In the end, Wolfe argues that, by struggling with the perplexing text of Qoheleth, we may discover fruitful, against-the-grain reading strategies for our own time.
- ISBN10 0814681239
- ISBN13 9780814681237
- Publish Date 6 March 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Liturgical Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 281
- Language English