Description: Ecclesiastes is one of the most fascinating, and hauntingly familiar, books of the Old Testament. The sentiments of the main speaker of the book, a person given the name Qohelet, sound incredibly modern. Expressing the uncertainty and anxieties of our own age, he is driven by the question, "Where can we find meaning in the world?" But while Qohelet's question resonates with readers today, his answer is shocking. "Meaningless," says Qohelet, "everything is meaningless." How does this pessimistic perspective fit into the rest of biblical revelation? In this commentary Tremper Longman III addresses this question by taking a canonical-Christocentric approach to the meaning of Ecclesiastes.Longman first provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes, exploring such Book of Ecclesiastes: New International Commentary on the Old Testament Ecclesiastes is one of the most fascinating, and hauntingly familiar, books of the Old Testament. The sentiments of the main speaker of the book, a person given the name Qohelet, sound incredibly modern. Expressing the uncertainty and anxieties of our own age, he is driven by the question, "Where can we find meaning in the world?" But while Qohelet's question resonates with readers today, his answer is shocking. "Meaningless," says Qohelet, "everything is meaningless." How does this pessimistic perspective fit into the rest of biblical revelation? In this commentary Tremper Longman III addresses this question by taking a canonical-Christocentric approach to the meaning of Ecclesiastes.Longman first provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes, exploring such background matters as authorship, language, genre, structure, literary style, and the book's theological message. He argues that the author of Ecclesiastes is not Solomon, as has been traditionally thought, but a writer who adopts a Solomonic persona. In the verse-by-verse commentary that follows, Longman helps clarify the confusing, sometimes contradictory message of Ecclesiastes by showing that the book should be divided into three sections: a prologue (1:1-11), Qohelet's autobiographical speech (1:1212:7), and an epilogue (12:8-14) and that the frame narrative provided by prologue and epilogue is the key to understanding the message of the book as a whole.
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Book Title: Book of Ecclesiastes: New International Commentary on the Old Tes
Number of Pages: 322 Pages
Publication Name: Book of Ecclesiastes
Language: English
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Biblical Studies / Wisdom Literature
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Tremper Longman, Tremper Longman III
Subject Area: Religion
Item Width: 6 in
Series: The New International Commentary on the Old Testament Ser.
Format: Hardcover
