"This commentary on Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) provides a feminist interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women. It addresses not only issues of gender but also those ofpower, authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism"--
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.
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"Lisa Wolfe is quick to acknowledge that the book of Qoheleth is not an easy read for feminists. Yet her ability to engage Qoheleth's questioning of orthodoxy with a feminist questioning of Qoheleth lays the groundwork for a rich commentary that uncovers ancient and modern religious absurdities about hierarchy, gender, and class. Through the process Wolfe begins to create a place in Qoheleth for womenboth ancient and modern." Thomas B. Dozeman, Professor of Old Testament, United Theological Seminary Wolfes is the first thoroughgoing feminist interpretation of Ecclesiastes. The result is neither a condemnation of the ancient author nor a whitewash of his offensive passages but a skillfully nuanced approach to the book that can lead to respect for the ancient authors contribution to the hermeneutic of suspicion. The Bible Today "This book contributes numerous valuable, gender-critical insights to our understanding of the ethic of Ecclesiastes." Interpretation "This is a good example of how feminist/womanist biblical scholarship creates new readings of texts many have long ago written off. The Afterword, 'Qoheleth as a Model for Feminist Hermeneutics' is a stand-alone essay that could fruitfully be studied in classes. Readers will find that the section on women as makers of beer (Ecclesiastes 11:1) shatters a few more myths as craft makers prove today!" WATER
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| Foreword: "Tell It on the Mountain"---or, "And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [ as Well]" |
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| Editor's Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: "She Is a Breath of the Power of God" (Wis 7:25) |
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| Author's Introduction: A Feminist Toolbox for Interpreting Qoheleth |
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Qoheleth 1:1-18 Learning Qoheleth's Language |
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Qoheleth 2:1-26 A Test: Is Pleasure Hevel? |
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Qoheleth 3:1-22 What Time? |
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Qoheleth 4:1--5:20 [ 19] From Hevel to Carpe Diem and Much in Between |
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Qoheleth 6:1--7:14 Good, Better, Wise |
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Qoheleth 7:15-29 On Wisdom and Women (or Woman Wisdom) |
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Qoheleth 8:1--9:6 From Wisdom to Death |
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Qoheleth 9:7-18 Carpe Diem and Related Imperatives |
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Qoheleth 10:1--12:14 Closing Advice and Epilogue |
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| Afterword: Qoheleth as a Model for Feminist Hermeneutics |
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| Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings |
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Lisa M. Wolfe is professor of Hebrew Bible, Endowed Chair, at Oklahoma City University (OCU) and also teaches for Saint Paul School of Theology, OCU campus. Lisa is ordained in the United Church of Christ and preaches and teaches regularly in the community and across the country. Her Bible study DVDs, Uppity Women of the Bible, and companion commentary Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs and Judith, were published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. In 2018 she received the Distinguished Faculty Award for the OCU Honors Program and the University Outstanding Faculty Award. Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 20142015. Her most recent publications are Luke 19 and Luke 1024, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).
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