Ecclesiastes [Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary]

Enns, Peter

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Theological answers to a biblical book riddled with questions.

Ecclesiastes is an Old Testament book with a long history of diverse and contradictory interpretations. Even basic questions who wrote the book, when, and for what purpose perennially plague scholars. The book's theological message is likewise elusive, hidden in riddles and convoluted trains of thought that twist and turn back upon themselves.

In this expert commentary on Ecclesiastes, Peter Enns neither disregards nor attempts to resolve the book?'s many theological tensions and ambiguities. Rather, he shows how these form the backdrop against which the author struggles to show readers the proper path forward in their journeys of faith remaining true to the tradition to fear God and keep the commands despite the apparent futility of human existence.

 

About the Author

Peter Enns holds a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature from Harvard and has taught in both university and seminary classrooms for over fifteen years. He and his wife Susan live in Pennsylvania and are the parents of three children.

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  • Cover Type
    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9780802866493
  • Page Count
    272
  • Publisher
    Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • Publication Date
    October 2011
  • Books of the Bible
    Ecclesiastes

Endorsements (3)

“Ecclesiastes is certainly one of the most fascinating and challenging books of the Bible. Peter Enns has taken it on with equal measures of informed scholarship and religious sensitivity. His commentary, while surveying most of the thorny issues that have puzzled previous commentators, never loses sight of the big picture and the questions that matter most in a person's life. The result is an extraordinary achievement a worthy addition to the home libraries of scholars and laymen alike.”

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James Kugel

“'Trust and obey' in spite of suffering and doubt. According to Peter Enns, that is the main message of Ecclesiastes. A veteran commentator, Enns carefully and insightfully interprets the book and shows its immense relevance for those today who follow the suffering yet victorious Christ. A must-read for everyone who wants to understand the important book of Ecclesiastes.”

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Tremper Longman III

“'Of the making of books there is no end,' says Qohelet. And I am glad that he is right. Were it not so, we'd not have in our hands this new and engaging commentary by Pete Enns. Qohelet explores the deep questions of human existence to the roots, and Enns follows, in what is a challenging confrontation with this theologically important and much-neglected book of Holy Scripture.”

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Kenton L. Sparks

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Theological answers to a biblical book riddled with questions.

Ecclesiastes is an Old Testament book with a long history of diverse and contradictory interpretations. Even basic questions who wrote the book, when, and for what purpose perennially plague scholars. The book's theological message is likewise elusive, hidden in riddles and convoluted trains of thought that twist and turn back upon themselves.

In this expert commentary on Ecclesiastes, Peter Enns neither disregards nor attempts to resolve the book?'s many theological tensions and ambiguities. Rather, he shows how these form the backdrop against which the author struggles to show readers the proper path forward in their journeys of faith remaining true to the tradition to fear God and keep the commands despite the apparent futility of human existence.

 

About the Author

Peter Enns holds a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature from Harvard and has taught in both university and seminary classrooms for over fifteen years. He and his wife Susan live in Pennsylvania and are the parents of three children.

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