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Qoheleth Critiques The Teachings Found In The Rest Of The Hebrew Bible, But Why Did He Push Back Against His Inherited Traditions? Raising The Possibility That Qoheleth's Dissonant And Defiant Tone Arose From A Life Lived In Exile, Brian Fiu Kolia, A Second-generation, Australian-born Samoan, Invites Readers To Engage Qoheleth's Skepticism From The Perspective Of Kolia's Own Samoan Diasporic Community, Where Skepticism Toward Their Own House (maota) Or Traditions And Religious Practices Results From The Clash Of Old And New. In Today's Largely Transnational World, The Implications Of This (re)reading Are Significant For Understanding How The Establishment Of Diaspora Communities Generates Tension Between Worlds. Introduction -- Maota Tau Ave. Contexts; Diaspora; Samoan Migration; Maota Tau Ave; Conclusion -- Talanoa Intertextually. Intertextuality; Talanoa; Talanoa In The Hebrew Bible; Where Qohelet Fits; Conclusion -- House: From Homeland To Diaspora. Preexilic Bet 'ab; Bet 'em (house Of The Mother); Samoan Analogies; Conclusion: The Diasporic Bayit -- Qohelet And Diaspora Studies. A Case For A Diasporic Context; Emergence Of Diasporic Studies; Diasporic Studies And Biblical Studies; Conclusion -- Kingship. Kingship In Qohelet; Kingship In The Hebrew Bible; Qohelet's Attitude To Kingship; Conclusion -- God's Presence. The Temple In Qohelet; Temple And Presence Of God In The Hebrew Bible; Samoan Hermeneutics -- Moral Order. Moral Order In Qohelet; Moral Order In The Hebrew Bible; Moral Chaos In Diaspora; Samoan Diaspora Hermeneutics -- Qohelet's Maota Tau Ave. Maota Tau Ave As Hermeneutical Lens; Qohelet's Diasporic Maota; Rereading Scepticism In Ecclesiastes; Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Scriptural Index -- Modern Author Index. Brian Fiu Kolia. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 179-196) And Indexes.