Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Date and Compositional History of the Book of Ecclesiastes A. Composition B. Structure C. Dating D. Excursus: The Problem of the Abstract Orientation of the Book of Ecclesiastes and Its Deliberate Avoidance of Historical and Contextual References Chapter 3: The Status Quaestionis in Scholarship on Ecclesiastes and Apocalypticism A. Ancient Perspectives on Apocalyptic Dimensions in Ecclesiastes B. Categories and Problems in the Modern History of Scholarship C. On the Approach of this Overview on the Status Quaestionis D. Wisdom and Apocalypticism Since the Middle of the 20th Century E. Ecclesiastes and Apocalypticism in Recent Scholarship F. Scholarly Engagements with the Subject of Time in Ecclesiastes Chapter 4: Reflections on MethodChapter 5: Polemic, Critique, and Intellectually Constitutive Interaction: Eccl 4:17-5:6 as a Test Case A. Dreaming as a Mode of Revelation B. Mediation by AngelsChapter 6: Rhetoric and Discourse in Ecclesiastes and 4QInstruction: AComparative Test CaseChapter 7: The Genre Apocalyptic: Rethinking Morphologies A. What is Apocalypticism? Problems in Taxonomy B. Prototype Theory C. Constellations D. Discourses in Ancient Jewish Thought - Three PropositionsChapter 8: The Category of Time in the Book of Ecclesiastes and Its Place in the History of Ideas A. Time as a Total Category in the Hellenistic Period B. Time as Ordered and Arranged C. Comparative ReflectionsChapter 9: Time and Abstraction: Moving Across Tradition as a Mode of Literary Authorisation A. Authorisation by Ascription B. The Historical Blending of Ideas Chapter 10: Pluriformity and Pluralism: Literary Diversity, Hermeneutical Openness, and the Function of Texts in Second Temple Judaism A. Ecclesiastes and Pluriformity B. Method C. Calendars and Total History D. Variety and Vitality in the Dead Sea Scrolls E. New Cultural Histories F. Intellectual Pluralism in Ecclesiastes G. Excursus: Literary-Theoretical Points of Comparison Chapter 11: Conclusions