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/sent36.02.066

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Book of the Preacher, meaningless, vanity, meaning of life

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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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Elvira Chukhray, Vinnitsia National Technical University

Senior lecturer of Philosophy Department

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2017-12-16

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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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