Part of a series: ( Tyndale Commentary Old Testament Series )
Ecclesiastes
An Introduction and Commentary
Michael A. Eaton
ISBN: 9781844743322
176 pages, Paperback
Published: 17/07/2009
£9.99
Contents
General preface
Author’s
preface
Chief
abbreviations
Introduction
The text of
Ecclesiastes
The date,
authorship and literary provenance of Ecclesiastes
The canonicity
of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes in
its ancient Near Eastern setting
The enigma of
Ecclesiastes
The composition
of Ecclesiastes
The purpose of
Ecclesiastes
The structure
and analysis of Ecclesiastes
Analysis
Commentary
Additional
notes
The translation
of Ecclesiastes 3:18
The translation
of Ecclesiastes 3:21
Postscript
From the AUTHOR’S
PREFACE
If it needs a man who has suffered to write a commentary on Job, and if only a restored rebel can comment on Jonah, perhaps the only person entitled to comment on Ecclesiastes is a cynic who has revolted from the world in disillusionment and disgust. If so, I qualify. It is an experience that many have been through, and from which some never emerge. So it is not surprising to find that a most diverse circle of admirers are drawn to Ecclesiastes with a sense of fellow-feeling for one whom they sense is a ‘gentle cynic’. ….
It is my prayer that God will use this commentary to stimulate fresh thought on Ecclesiastes, that others may be led as I have been through despair to a world-view in which God is God, and people find their rest in him. May a glimpse be caught of the One who fills the gap in Ecclesiastes, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Michael Eaton
