"This volume continues the study of intertextuality in the 'Wisdom Literature' initiated in "Reading Job Intertextually "(Dell and Kynes, T&T Clark, 2012). Like that book, "Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually" provides the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in this wisdom text. Articles address intertextual resonances between Ecclesiastes and texts across the Hebrew canon, along with texts throughout history, from Greek cla ..."
"Job is asked if he can “bind the chains” of the Pleiades (9>J< EH?5> C BE9) or “
loose the cords” of Orion (IEAE =JD< EH< >). As with Job's speech in ch. 9, the
intent of this section is both to draw attention to God's supremacy as creator and
sustainer of the universe and to highlight the trembling and faltering status of the
creation (in this case Job himself) before the power of the deity (cf. 40:1–5; 42:5–
6). In Amos 5:8 the sam ..."
"According to John Barton, to use intertextuality to attempt to elucidate the
meaning of a text is a “soft” understanding of the concept, “simply adding another
method to the toolbox of the biblical critic.” However, he claims ... 14 Barton, “
Déjà lu.” 15 Will Kynes, “Intertextuality: Method and Theory in Job and Psalm 119
,” in Biblical Interpretation and Method: Essays in Honour of Professor John
Barton (eds. K. J. Dell and P. M. J ..."
My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping(1st Edition) (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) by William L. Kynes Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2012 by De Gruyter ISBN-13: 978-3-11-029481-1, ISBN: 3-11-029481-8