Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Keywords
Religion, Christianity, Bible, Chinese literature, Taoism, Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, Dao De Jing, intertexts, intertextuality, interpretation
Abstract
Of all the world's literary works which may appropriately be labeled religious classics, the Hebrew scriptures and the Daode Jing stand out as two of the most popular across cultural and linguistic boundaries. One might suppose that the cross-cultural popularity of these classics would have brought them into frequent contact with one another. However, not much seems to have been done to relate the Bible to the Daode Jing in a constructive way. In this article, I seek to begin redressing this lack of conversation by offering a reading of the biblical book of Ecclesiastes using the Daode Jing as an intertext.
Recommended Citation
Heard, R. Christopher, "The Dao of Qoheleth: An Intertextual Reading of the Daode Jing and the Book of Ecclesiastes" (1996). Pepperdine University, Religion Division Faculty Scholarship. Paper 1.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/religionworks/1
Comments
Published as:
Heard, R. Christopher. 1996. "The Dao of Qoheleth: An Intertextual Reading of the Daode Jing and the Book of Ecclesiastes." Jian Dao: A Journal of Bible & Theology, Volume 5: 65-93.