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Fox’s potent commentary is a terrific introduction to Ecclesiastes for the educated layman or scholar who wishes to better understand this fascinating and sometimes frustrating book. The author succinctly presents the consensus of modern thought on Ecclesiastes: that it is a fairly late production as books of the Bible go and that it is a series of philosophical reflections, not a systematic work...

teaches the public; see Comment to 1:1. Recently scholars have been making a useful distinction between “Ecclesiastes” (the book) and “Koheleth” (the speaker), which will be elaborated below. Koheleth was traditionally identified with Solomon on the basis of 1:1 and 1:12, though in the book he is not given that name. Solomon was the epitome of the wise and wealthy king (1 Kings 3:12, 5:9–14; 1 Chron. 29:25; 2 Chron. 1:12; etc.). Further, Solomon was the only “son of David” to have ruled over all
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