Qoheleth: The Ironic Wink

by James L. Crenshaw

Book Overview

Rarely does a biblical book evoke admiration from a Nobel laureate in literature, a newspaper columnist, a prize-winning poet, and a popular songwriter. Ecclesiastes has done that, and for good reason. Its author, who called himself Qoheleth, stared death in the face and judged all human endeavors to be futile. For Qoheleth observation is the only avenue to understanding; an arbitrarily wrathful and benevolent deity created and rules over the world;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611172578
• ISBN13: 9781611172577
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"