Are "Hă-ḇêl" of Kohelet and Contemporary "Meaningless" Real Synonymos? (on the grounds of some modern translations of the book of the Preacher)
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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent36.02.066Keywords:
Book of the Preacher, meaningless, vanity, meaning of lifeAbstract
By the example of modern translations of the Biblical book of the Preacher, the author defines the conditions of the appropriateness of rational reconstruction as a method of studying the philosophical concepts of the past. In particular, the author detects the incorrect identification of the concepts of "meaning of life" and «hă-ḇêl».
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Metz, T. (2011). The good, the true and the beautiful: toward a unified account of great meaning in life. Religious Studies, 47(4), 389-409. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412510000569
Metz, T. (2012). The meaningful and the worthwhile: clarifying the relationships. The Philosophical Forum, 43(4), 435-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9191.2012.00436.x
Metz, T. (2013a). Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599318.001.0001
Morioka, M. (2015). Is Meaning in Life Comparable? From the Viewpoint of ‘The Heart of Meaning in Life. Journal of Philosophy of Life, 5(3), 50-65.
Rigsky, M. I. (1995). The book of Ecclesiastes. Searching for meaning of life. [In Russian]. Novosibirsk: Nauka.
Rorty, R. (1998). The Historiography of Philosophy: Four Genres. In R. Rorty, Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers (pp. 247-273). Cambridge & New York: Cambridge UP. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511625404.014
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Chukhray, E. (2017). Are "Hă-ḇêl" of Kohelet and Contemporary "Meaningless" Real Synonymos? (on the grounds of some modern translations of the book of the Preacher). Sententiae, 36(2), 66–75. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent36.02.066
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