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Ecclesiastes: An Introduction and Commentary: Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Ecclesiastes is probably best known for its repeated refrain that “everything is meaningless,” or “vanity.” However, a thorough reading demonstrates that this is not its final conclusion. Knut Heim’s Tyndale commentary shows that the book is intellectually sophisticated, theologically rich, emotionally deep—and full of humor. While it is realistic about life, it is life-affirming and...

Picking up on the editorial note regarding Qoheleth’s pleasing words (12:10), rendered ‘words of pleasure’ by Jarick, he demonstrates that many of Qoheleth’s pronouncements may have ‘a certain comedic hue’, that they ‘can be seen to chime with notes struck in the Athenian theatre’. In consequence, he concludes, ‘[p]erhaps reading Ecclesiastes alongside the comic poets of ancient Greece really can bring a different perspective to bear on the supposedly world-weary aspect of the book’ (Jarick 2014:
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