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Ecclesiastes, one of the Old Testament’s philosophically rich gems, receives masterful treatment at the hands of Dr. Leupold. Walking the line between being informationally dense while honoring the poetic nature of Ecclesiastes, Leupold explores the themes of Ecclesiastes section by section. The commentary begins with an introduction that discusses authorship, dating, the books purpose and style,...

First of all, there are the positive statements of the book itself, the chief of which we quoted before, 1:1: “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” Neither here nor elsewhere in the book is the name of Solomon mentioned. Besides, “king in Jerusalem,” is a title that is nowhere else used in the Scriptures with reference to Solomon. The Septuagint translators sensed the inadequacy of the heading from this point of view and felt constrained to add the words “of Israel” after
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