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Ecclesiastes: A Mentor Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Ecclesiastes, part of the wisdom literature of the Bible, can be a perplexing maze to interpret and teach. Full of apparent contradictions and much-debated Hebrew, the theme focuses on the gritty realities of life ‘under the sun.’ Richard Belcher approaches this book with the depth and care it needs, presenting solid guidance on the intricacies of interpretation—alongside continual...

one is left with the dark, under the sun view. Thus it becomes important that the major concepts developed in a passage are connected with an ‘above the sun’ perspective. This can be done by relating such concepts to the epilogue of the book, to other Old Testament passages, or to New Testament passages. Thus each week God’s people are not left with just an analysis of the problems of life but are pointed to the solution from other parts of Scripture. This is basically a redemptive-historical approach
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