The Five Biblical Scrolls (eBook)

A Modern Reader’s Guide to Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Lamentations

Andrew Vogel Ettin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
210 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
979-8-3852-2165-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The biblical books known as The Five Scrolls or Megillot are major religious writings as well as masterpieces of poetry and prose that have inspired countless works of music, art, and literature. They speak to us today across the centuries with immediacy and profound relevance. This book provides the contexts for understanding all the scrolls and the ways in which they function in Jewish worship, while also closely analyzing their artistry and unfolding their spiritual richness through traditional sources along with modern interpretations. It points the reader to other works of culture that each of the texts has influenced over the centuries. With meaningful contemporary insights and a new appreciation of what these books contribute to our understanding of divine agency at work in the world, The Five Biblical Scrolls addresses these texts as profound literary and spiritual experiences.

Autor

Andrew Vogel Ettin is professor emeritus of English and adjunct professor of the study of religions at Wake Forest University, as well as spiritual leader of Temple Israel, Salisbury, North Carolina.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.5.2025
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Andrew Vogel Ettin • Bible • Bible interpretation • bible readings • biblical commentary • Biblical Meditations • Biblical Studies • Christianity • Criticism • Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts • ecclesiastes • Esther • ETC • five scrolls • Interpretation • Judaism • Lamentations • Liturgy • Megillot • Modern Relevance • musical settings • Old Testament • Poetry and Wisdom Literature • Ruth • selections and meditations • Song of Solomon • The Five Biblical Scrolls
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3852-2165-3 / 9798385221653