L'énigme du bonheur : : étude sur le sujet du bien dans le livre de Qohélet / / par Bertrand Pinçon.

• Author: Pinçon, Bertrand.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: French
• Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 119.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Matière Préliminaire /; Introduction /; Chapitre 1. Les Arguments En Faveur D’Une Valorisation Du Bonheur /; Chapitre 2. Les Arguments En Faveur D’Une Restriction Du Bonheur /; Chapitre 3. La Synthèse Du Débat /; Chapitre 4. Les Sept “Refrains” De Bonheur Selon Les Auteurs /; Chapitre 5. Les Paroles De Bonheur Dans Leur Contexte /; Chapitre 6. Les Thèmes Connexes Aux Paroles De Bonheur /; Chapitre 7. Une Parole De Bonheur Supplémentaire /; Chapitre 8. Vers Une Oeuvre En Deux Mouvements /; Chapitre 9. La Parole De Bonheur Supplémentaire Et La Structure Binaire Du Livre /; Conclusion Le Bonheur : Une Énigme Résolue ? /; Bibliographie /; Traduction /; Summary The Riddle Of Happiness A Study In Good In The Book Of Koheleth /; Index Des Citations Bibliques /; Index Lexical /; Index Des Auteurs /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and indexes.
• ISBN: 128260239X; 9786612602399; 9047443314
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: par Bertrand Pinçon.

This study deals with the question of happiness in the book of Qoheleth, starting with the contemporary debate among modern writers concerning the status of various encouraging statements that emerge out of a general context in which “all is vanity”. The first part of this study describes the current position of research, examining the debated questions. The second part proposes an exegetical and contextual inquiry of the words for happiness, drawn up by these authors. The third part suggests a way of resolving the enigma of happiness, based upon an additional formula of happiness, located at the beginning of the second half of the book. Gradually, a conviction takes shape: happiness does not have the same status in the two parts of the book. If, at first, happiness is presented as the only alternative given by God to help man to hold on when faced with the fleetingness of things in life, it later becomes an art of living, apt to be taught to future generations.