Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Daryl F. Jefferies" <djefferi AT students.wisc.edu>]

Title: B-Hebrew: Commentaries on Qohelet

Kimmo,

I strongly recommend

Fox, Michael  V. A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.

Aside from the author being my dissertation advisor [so I'm required to like the book ; ) ] this extensive re-writing of his Qohelet and His Contradictions (which R. E. Murphy called "the best available study in English" in The Tree of Life) goes well beyond the standard commentaries in both detail and insight.

Daryl Jefferies

At 12:01 AM -0500 3/17/01, Biblical Hebrew digest wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for scholarly commentaries on Qohelet, especially ones
> that
> have a good grasp of the (modern scholarly) research tradition.
> The
> focus of my interest is in content analysis, not so much authorial
> and
> dating issues.
>
> What are your favorites and why? I appreciate also references to
> stimulating articles.
> Kimmo