"If it needs a man who has suffered to write a commentary on Job . . . . Perhaps the only person entitled to comment on Ecclesiastes is a cynic who has revolted from the world in disillusionment and disgust." "If so," writes Michael Eaton, "I qualify."Scholars have long wrestled with the gloomy pessimism and striking omission of any mention of Yahweh in this portion of the Wisdom literature. After setting forth the issues related to the text, authorship, date and canonicity, Eaton assesses the purpose and structure of the book. He then provides a passage-by-passage analysis that attempts to account for the oddities of the text and to show its contemporary relevance.
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Michael Eaton has served as lecturer in Old Testament at Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa and is pastor-at-large of Chrisco Fellowship of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Thorough through brevity,
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This commentary is thorough in its brevity. The nature of Ecclesiastes is in trying to understand the point of the book. I think this can be done with a thorough reading of it; as a complement to the study, Eaton does a fine job in explicating the text. I think his introduction is very good, even though in some areas I would depart from him. The strength of Eaton, in my view, is that he mentions some various views, but does not dwell on them - he stays with the text.
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This commentary is far from "meaningless",
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Eaton takes the approach that Ecclesiastes is an apologetic work of sort. His idea is that the author is trying to show what would follow if we assume that there is no God. This is an approach that I had come across long ago in my seminary days. It makes sense of a book of the Bible that many struggle to understand. This commentary does a good job of exploring this approach.
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This is a clear and helpful commentary.
I particularly appreciated the commentators insights (well: if they were correct) about "under the sun" and how this is particularly key to understanding what kind of view is indicated that the Teacher is taking when what he is saying is "under the sun".
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THE primary source of the text of Ecclesiastes, as of any other Old Testament book, is a text-form established in or near the first century AD, vocalized and annotated by Massoretes ('transmitters') c. AD 500-1000, known as the Massoretic text. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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THE primary source of the text of Ecclesiastes, as of any other Old Testament book, is a text-form established in or near the first century AD, vocalized and annotated by Massoretes ('transmitters') c. AD 500-1000, known as the Massoretic text. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, New Testament, Near East, Song of Songs, God of Israel, Der Prediger New!
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- Ancient Near East-Coloring Book by Bellerophon Books on page 29, page 33, and page 155
- The Bible In Aramaic: Based On Old Manuscripts And Printed Texts by A. Sperber on page 17, and page 79
- Old Testament Theology: The Theology of Israel's Historical Traditions v. 1 by Gerhard Von Rad on page 32, and page 61
- Old Testament: Story and Faith : A Literary and Theological Introduction by James L. Crenshaw on page 32, and page 33
- Song of Songs by Marvin H. Pope on page 19, and page 31
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- Suicide: A Christian Response: Crucial Considerations for Choosing Life by Timothy J. Demy on 5 pages
- The Sermon on the Mount: Its Old Testament Roots by Roland H. Worth Jr. on page 208, and Back Matter
- From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha by S. A. Nigosian on page 242
- A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible by Leland Ryken on page 279
- El Redescubrimiento De La Predicación Expositiva by John MacArthur on page 228
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