Viviers, Hendrik2013-01-222013-01-221997Viviers, H 1997, 'Nie 'n kans vat of 'n kans vermy nie, maar alle kanse benut! 'n sosio-retoriese waardering van Prediker 11:1-6', Skrif en Kerk, vol. 18, no.2, pp 365-394.0257-8891 (print)2074-7705 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20876Continued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFNo taking or avoiding of chances, but utilising all chances! A socio-rhetorical appreciation of Ecclesiastes 11:1-6: The book of Vemon K Robbins, Exploring the texture of texts: A guide to socio-rhetorical interpretation (Valley Forge: Trinity Press, 1996), is used to analyse the short, but complicated text, Ecclesiastes 11:1-6. Sociorhetorical criticism provides for a sophisticated grasp on the complex phenomenon, "text". The analysis of the different textures of a text (inner, inter-, social and cultural, ideological and sacred) creates a rich environment of meaning, within which interpretation can take place. The conclusion reached on Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 is that it adheres to the values of protest wisdom, but markedly cynical and pessimistic. It advocates a "carpe diem" lifestyle, however, without escaping uncertainty. No interpretation is value-free and neither is this one. Hopefully it is sound within the created environment of meaning15 pagesPDFAfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaSocio-rhetorical interpretationBible -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes 11:1-6Bible -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.Article