Work and Vocation through the Lens of Ecclesiastes - Softcover

Soo Hoo, Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1666731072 ISBN 13: 9781666731071

Verlag: Resource Publications, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

“I want my work to have significance” is an often-expressed declaration. But that desire faces a shocking challenge from possibly the wisest man who ever lived, Qohelet, through his writings in Ecclesiastes. Repeatedly, he pens the word “meaningless/absurd” to encapsulate his conclusions about work and life. We cannot simply dismiss his viewpoint as that of a madman because his words are canonized in Scripture. However, a second writer, the frame narrator, emerges at the end of Ecclesiastes to complement Qohelet without totally agreeing and with a greater urgency for our duty to God as our vocation. Both writers see the complexities and incongruities that typify our labor and life. Yet, through these challenges we can still find significance when we honor our God.

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Gilbert Soo Hoo is adjunct professor of biblical studies at several seminaries located in Singapore. He has also taught at other locales in Asia. He is the author of Work and Vocation through the Lens of Ecclesiastes (2021) and a commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John (2016).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Resource Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1666731072
• ISBN 13: 9781666731071
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126
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