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OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY AND EXEGESIS: SELECTED CHAPTERS FROM THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES - RETN1032 (Vybrané texty z knihy Kazatel)

Title:	SZPV1-Teologie a exegeze Starého zákona 2
Form of teaching:	lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by:	Katedra biblických studií (27-BS)
Faculty:	Protestant Theological Faculty
Actual:	from 2026
Duration in semesters:	1
Semester:	winter
Points:	2
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, C [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Additional information:	https://moodle.etf.cuni.cz/moodle/
Repeated enrollment:	unlimited
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	prof. Filip Čapek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	prof. Filip Čapek, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite :	RETN9301

WS schedule

Annotation -

OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY AND EXEGESIS: SELECTED CHAPTERS FROM THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES

This course focuses on selected chapters from the wisdom book of Ecclesiastes. First, the book itself will be introduced, covering its specific characteristics, challenges, theology, and philosophical background.

Last update: Čapek Filip, prof., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)

Course completion requirements - Czech

Předpokladem účasti na kurzu je znalost biblické hebrejštiny. Podmínkou zápočtu je aktivní účast na hodinách (maximálně 2 předem omluvené absence), příprava na jednotlivé hodiny, příprava na konkrétní text (uvedení) a referát k jedné studii ke konkrétnímu textu knihy Kazatel.

Last update: Čapek Filip, prof., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)

Literature - Czech

KOMENTÁŘE

Brown, William P.: Ecclesiastes. Interpretation. A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, John Knox: Louisville 2000.

Čapek, Filip., Kazatel - Zneklidňující kniha pro neklidnou dobu, ČEKSZ 21, ČBS/CBS AV ČR 2016.

Crenshaw, J. L., Ecclesiastes. A Commentary (OTL), Westminster Press: Philadelphia 1987.

Fox, M., Ecclesiastes קהלת, Jewish Publishing Society: Philadelphia 2004.

Goldman, Y. A. P., Commentary on the Critical Apparatus of Qoheleth, in: Schenker, A. et al., (eds.), Biblia Hebraica quinta editione com apparatu critico novis curis elaborato, 18, Megilloth, Deutsche Biblegesellschaft: Stuttgart 2004, 64-112.

Gordis, R., Koheleth – The Man and his World: A study of Ecclesiastes, Schocken Books: New York 1955 (²1968).

Kravitz, L. S., Olitzky, K. M., Kohelet. A modern Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Translation and Commentary, UAHC Press: New York 2003.

Lauha, A. Kohelet, (BKAT XIX), Neukirchener: Neukirchen-Vluyn 1978.

Seow, Ch.- L., Ecclesiastes: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AYB 18C), New Haven/London: Yale University Press 2008.

Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Ludger: Kohelet (HThKAT), Herder: Wien 2004 (²2011).

TEOLOGIE, DÍLČÍ OTÁZKY, APLIKACE

Crenshaw, J. L., Nothing New under the Sun. Ecclesiastes 1:12–2:26, in: Zuck, R. B. (ed.), Reflecting with Salomon. Selected Studies on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Wipf & Stock Pub: Eugene 2003, 241–248.

Čapek, F., Na cestě k poznání zpět přes zahradu Eden (Kazatel 8,16-17), TREF 2 (2014) 147–157.

Čapek, F., Existuje ‚to‘ lepší a lze je nalézt? (Kazatel 7,1-12), TREF 1 (2015) 33–48.

Dahood, M., The Language of Qoheleth, CBQ 15 (1952) 227–232.

Fox, M. V., A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up. A Rereading of Ecclesiastes, William B. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids 1999.

Kamano, N., Character and Cosmology, Rhetoric of Qoh 1,3 – 3,9, in: Schoors, A. (ed.), Qohelet in the Context of Wisdom (BETL CXXXVI), Peeters/Leuven University Press: Leuven 1998, 419–424.

Seow, Ch.-L., Beyond Mortal Grasp. The Usage of Hebel in Ecclesiastes, ABR 48 (2000) 1–16.

Wazana, N., A Case of the Evil Eye. Qohelet 4:4–8, JBL 126/4 (2007) 685–702.

Last update: Čapek Filip, prof., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)