Marność ludzkiego życia w Księdze Koheleta?

• Authors: Piwowar Andrzej

Title variants

EN

The Vanity of Human Life in the Book of Ecclesiastes?

Abstracts

EN

The noun heḇel is the most characteristic term in the whole Book of Ecclesiastes. Because of this word, many people perceive the book as the one which deals primarily with vanity and which posits that everything is futile (cf. 1:2 and 12:8). The present article aims to answer the question posed in its title: Does Qoheleth really claim human life to be futile? The first part of the article comprises the analysis of the noun heḇel in the Old Testament. Subsequently, the word’s usage and meaning in the Book of Ecclesiastes are explored. The final part of the article analyzes the texts that make use of the word heḇel to speak about human life (namely, 3:19; 6:4-12; 7:15; 9:9; 11:8-10). The interpretation of these texts and the supporting arguments resulting from the analyses conducted by other scholars (e.g. C.L. Seow, L. Mazzinghi, K. Bardski, G. Ravasi, A. Bonora, T. Krüger i L . Schwienhorst-Schönberger) lead to the conclusion that Qoheleth does not judge human life as futile. What he claims instead is that human life is brief, transient and passes quickly.

Keywords

EN

The Book of Ecclesiastes; hebel; futility/vanity; brevity; transience; human life; Eccl 3:19; Eccl 6:4-12; Eccl 7:15; Eccl 9:9; Eccl 11:8-10

PL

hebel; marność; bezsens; przemijanie; życie ludzkie; Koh 3,19; Koh 6,4-12; Koh 7,15; Koh 9,9; Koh 11,8-10

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Verbum Vitae
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 39-72

Contributors

author

Piwowar Andrzej

• Instytut Nauk Biblijnych KUL

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