Select Bibliography on Ecclesiastes

READERS WHO WISH to pursue the study of Ecclesiastes further than this limited bibliography allows are invited to peruse the recent and fuller bibliographies in the commentaries by Longman and Seow (see below).

Allender, D. B., and T. Longman III. Bold Purpose: Exchanging Counterfeit Happiness for the Real Meaning of Life. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, 1998.

Anderson, W. H. U. Qoheleth and Its Pessimistic Theology: Hermeneutical Struggles in Wisdom Literature. MBPS 54. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Biblical Press, 1997.

———. “Philosophical Considerations in a Genre Analysis of Qoheleth.” VT 48 (1998): 289–300.

———. “The Curse of Work in Qoheleth: An Exposé of Genesis 3:17–19 in Ecclesiastes.” EvQ 70 (1998): 99–113.

Baltzer, K. “Women and War in Qohelet 7:23–8:1a.” HTR 80 (1987): 127–32.

Bartholomew, C. G. Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory. AnBib 139. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1998.

Barton, G. A. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. ICC. New York: Scribner, 1908.

Beal, T. K. “C(ha)osmoplis: Qohelet’s Last Words.” Pp. 279–89 in God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann. Ed. T. Linafelt and T. K. Beal. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1998.

Bergant, D. Job, Ecclesiastes. OTM 18. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical, 1990.

Bickerman, E. J. Four Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah, Daniel, Koheleth, Esther. New York: Schocken, 1967.

Blenkinsopp, J. “Ecclesiastes 3.1–15: Another Interpretation.” JSOT 66 (1995): 55–64.

Boadt, L. Sayings of the Wise: The Legacy of King Solomon. CBS. New York: St. Martin’s, 1999.

Bottoms, L. Ecclesiastes Speaks to Us Today. Atlanta: John Knox, 1979.

Brenner, A., and F. van Dijk-Hemmes. On Gendering Texts: Female and Male Voices in the Hebrew Bible. BibIntS 1. Leiden: Brill, 1993.

Broyde, M. J. “Defilement of the Hands, Canonization of the Bible, and the Special Status of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.” Judaism 44 (1995): 65–79.

Chia, P. P. “Wisdom, Yahwism, Creation: In Quest of Qoheleth’s Theological Thought.” Jian Dao 3 (1995): 1–32.

Chittister, J., and J. A. Swanson. There Is a Season. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 1995.

Christianson, E. S. A Time to Tell: Narrative Strategies in Ecclesiastes. JSOTS 280. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Clemens, D. M. “The Law of Sin and Death: Ecclesiastes and Genesis 1–3.” Themelios 19 (1994): 5–8.

Collins, J. J. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes. KPG. Atlanta: John Knox, 1980.

Cooke, G. A. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1959.

Crenshaw, J. L. Ecclesiastes: A Commentary. OTL. London: SCM, 1988.

Davidson, R. Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon. DSBOT. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1986.

Davis, B. C. “Ecclesiastes 12:1–8—Death, an Impetus for Life.” BSac 148 (1991): 298–318.

De Moor, R. God’s Backyard: A Fresh Look at Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1993.

Delitzsch, F. J. Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.

Dell, K. J. “Ecclesiastes as Wisdom: Consulting Early Interpreters.” VT 44 (1994): 301–29.

Dijk-Hemmes, F. van. “The Imagination of Power and the Power of Imagination. An Intertextual Analysis of Two Biblical Love Songs: The Song of Songs and Hosea 2.” Pp. 173–86 in The Poetical Books. Ed. D. J. A. Clines. BSem 41. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Eaton, M. A. Ecclesiastes: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC 16. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1983.

Ellul, J. Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes. Trans. J. M. Hanks. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.

Farmer, K. A. Who Knows What Is Good? A Commentary on the Books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. ITC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Ferguson, E. “Some Aspects of Gregory of Nyssa’s Interpretation of Scripture Exemplified in His Homilies on Ecclesiastes.” Pp. 29–33 in Studia patristica, 27: Cappadocian Fathers, Greek Authors After Nicaea, Augustine, Donatism, and Pelagianism. Ed. E. A. Livingstone. Louvain: Peeters, 1993.

Forman, C. G. “Koheleth’s Use of Genesis.” JSS 5 (1960): 256–63.

Fox, M. V. Qohelet and His Contradictions. JSOTS 71. Sheffield: Almond, 1989.

———. A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

Fredericks, D. C. Coping with Transience: Ecclesiastes on Brevity in Life. BSem 18. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993.

Freulich, R., and J. Abramson. The Faces of Israel: A Photographic Commentary on the Words of Koheleth. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1972.

Fuerst, W. J. Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Lamentations. CBC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975.

Garrett, D. A. “Ecclesiastes 7:25–29 and the Feminist Hermeneutic.” CTR 2 (1987–88): 309–21.

———. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. NAC 14. Nashville: Broadman, 1993.

Ginsburg, C. D. The Song of Songs and Coheleth (Commonly Called the Book of Ecclesiastes). The Library of Biblical Studies. New York: Ktav, 1970.

Ginsberg, H. L. Studies in Koheleth. TSJTSA. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1950.

Gordis, R. Koheleth, the Man and His World: A Study of Ecclesiastes. 3d ed. Schocken Paperbacks. New York: Schocken, 1968.

Hall, J., E. A. Matter, and G. T. Sheppard. Solomon’s Divine Arts. PCC. Cleveland: Pilgrim, 1991.

Halperin, D. J. “The Book of Remedies, the Canonization of the Solomonic Writings, and the Riddle of Pseudo-Eusebius.” JQR 72 (1982): 269–92.

Harrison, C. R., Jr. “Qoheleth Among the Sociologists.” BibInt 5 (1997): 160–80.

Hengstenberg, E. W. Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Philadelphia: Smith, 1860.

Holloway, G. The Main Thing: A New Look at Ecclesiastes. Abilene, Tex.: Abilene Christian Univ. Press, 1997.

Holm-Nielsen, S. “On the Interpretation of Qoheleth in Early Christianity.” VT 24 (1974): 168–77.

Hubbard, D. A. Beyond Futility: Messages of Hope from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.

Johnston, R. K. “Confessions of a Workaholic: A Reappraisal of Qoheleth.” CBQ 38 (1976): 14–28.

Jones, E. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes: Introduction and Commentary. TBC. London: SCM Press, 1961.

Jong, S. de. “Qohelet and the Ambitious Spirit of the Ptolemaic Period.” JSOT 61 (1994): 85–96.

———. “God in the Book of Qohelet: A Reappraisal of Qohelet’s Place in Old Testament Theology.” VT 47 (1997): 154–67.

———. “A Book on Labour: The Structuring Principles and the Main Theme of the Book of Qohelet.” Pp. 222–30 in The Poetical Books. Ed. D. J. A. Clines. BSem 41. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Kaiser, W. C. Ecclesiastes: Total Life. Chicago: Moody, 1979.

Keddie, G. J. Looking for the Good Life: The Search for Fulfillment in the Light of Ecclesiastes. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1991.

Kidner, D. A Time to Mourn, and a Time to Dance: Ecclesiastes and the Way of the World. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1976.

———. The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1985.

Kline, M. M. “Is Qoheleth Unorthodox? A Review Article.” Kerux 13 (1998): 16–39.

Kreeft, P. Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes—Life As Vanity, Job—Life As Suffering, Song of Songs—Life As Love. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1989.

Kugel, J. L. “Qohelet and Money.” CBQ 51 (1989): 32–49.

Levine, É. “The Humor in Qohelet.” ZAW 109 (1997): 71–83.

Loader, J. A. Ecclesiastes. Text and Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.

Longman T., III. The Book of Ecclesiastes. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Machinist, P. “Fate, miqreh and Reason: Some Reflections on Qohelet and Biblical Thought.” Pp. 159–75 in Solving Riddles and Untying Knots. FS J. C. Greenfield. Ed. Z. Zevit et al. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1995.

Miller, D. B. “Qohelet’s Symbolic Use of .” JBL 117 (1998): 437–54.

Murphy, R. E. Ecclesiastes. WBC 23a. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1992.

———. “Recent Research on Proverbs and Qoheleth.” CR:BS 1 (1993): 119–40.

Murphy, R. E., and E. Huwiler. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. NIBC 12. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1999.

Ogden, G. Qoheleth. RNBC. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987.

Reitman, J. S. “The Structure and Unity of Ecclesiastes.” BSac 154 (1997): 297–319.

Rudman, D. “A Contextual Reading of Ecclesiastes 4:13–16.” JBL 116 (1997): 57–73.

———. “Woman As Divine Agent in Ecclesiastes.” JBL 116 (1997): 411–27.

Schoors, A., ed. Qohelet in the Context of Wisdom. BETL 136. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1998.

Scott, R. B. Y. Proverbs; Ecclesiastes. AB 18. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.

Seow, C. L. Ecclesiastes. AB. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Shead, A. G. “Reading Ecclesiastes ‘Epilogically.’ ” TynBul 48 (1997): 67–91.

Short, R. L. A Time to be Born, A Time to Die. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.

Spangenberg, I. J. J. “Irony in the Book of Qohelet.” JSOT 72 (1996): 57–69.

Swindoll, C. R. Living on the Ragged Edge: Coming to Terms With Reality. Waco, Tex: Word, 1985.

Verheij, A. “Paradise Retried: On Qohelet 2:4–6.” JSOT 50 (1991): 113–15.

Whybray, R. N. Ecclesiastes. OTG. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989.

———. Ecclesiastes. NCB. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.

Zimmermann, F. The Inner World of Qohelet. New York: Ktav, 1973.