This volume completes Stuart Weeks' commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes, also known as Qoheleth. Weeks draws together all the relevant tools for understanding this complex wisdom book in the Old Testament. As is the hallmark of the ICC no stone is left unturned as Weeks considers the full range of linguistic, textual, archaeological, literary and theological interpretations of the text. Week incorporates recent interpretation alongside the history of research to examine the text of Ecclesiastes 6-12 in the closest possible, offering a reading of what may have be the original writer's linguistic and theological intent. The volume is a companion to Weeks' previous commentary on chapters 1-5 of Ecclesiastes, which also contains his exhaustive bibliography of works relevant to the study of the text.

Stuart Weeks provides a close critical commentary on the second part of a major Old Testament wisdom text.

About the Author
Stuart Weeks is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament at the University of Durham, UK.

Reviews
This is a masterful new ICC treatment of this most enigmatic of biblical books. ... W.'s magnum opus is our essential compendium of 21st-century interpretation of Ecclesiastes. * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *



Book Information
ISBN 9780567666543
Author Dr Stuart Weeks
Format Hardback
Page Count 752
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 1036g