Biblical Hebrew Forum

[mjoseph <mjoseph AT terminal.cz>]

Don Elbourne wrote:

>My next step is to look at some of the major commentators. I have Scott,
>Crenshaw, Murphey, Seow, and Longman.

If you can get hold of a copy, don't overlook Robert Gordis' "Koheleth: 
The Man and His World. Fantastic book. There is a 3rd edition published 
by Schocken. Inexpensive, and any good theological library will probably 
have a copy.

>That ought to keep me busy most of the
>morning, into the afternoon.

Possibly as late as dinner time ;-)

>I'll grab Fox's Qohelet and his contradictions and look over
>that again. Its a very good work but I just have a hard time painting
>Qohelet as a French existentialist.

Clearly, you'll never be a successful po-mo deconstructionist. By the 
way, Gordis has a whole chapter interacting with the "Koheleth as 
Existentialist" theory.

>I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds by asking for a little help with this
>project here.

Not at all; if I'm not mistaken, that is what this list is here for.

Mark Joseph