VII FURTHER STUDY Make an extensive study of the subject “vanity” in Ecclesiastes Study the Bible’s descriptions of the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles This was the Jews’ most joyous feast of the year Why you suppose they chose to read Ecclesiastes, with its many pessimistic portions, at that feast? VIII SELECTED READING GENERAL INTRODUCTION Archer, Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 459-72 Beecher, Willis J “Ecclesiastes.” In The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 2:894-97 Delitzsch, Franz Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes, pp 179-217 Hendry, G S “Ecclesiastes.” In The New Bible Commentary, pp 570-71 McNeile, A H An Introduction to Ecclesiastes Morgan, G Campbell Living Messages of the Books of the Bible, pp 56-70 Oesterley, W O E The Wisdom of Egypt and the Old Testament Williams, A Lukyn Ecclesiastes, pp v-lv Young, Edward J An Introduction to the Old Testament, pp 339-44 COMMENTARIES Chambers, Oswald Shade of His Hand Delitzsch, Franz Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes Laurin, Robert “Ecclesiastes.” In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary Leupold, H C Exposition of Ecclesiastes Rankin, O S “The Book of Ecclesiastes.” In The Interpreter’s Bible In the Hebrew Old Testament, as well as the Greek New Testament, the rst letter of a proper noun is not distinguished from the other letters, like the capitalizations in the English language (e.g., Preacher) 2 Many commentators feel that the author lived a few hundred years after Solomon’s time See Gleason L Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 462-72, for a defense of Solomonic authorship Some hold the view that the author was an impersonator of Solomon in the book, and that he lived a few hundred years after Solomon It is interesting to observe that the historical, poetical, and prophetical sections of the Old Testament are of approximately equal length, chapterwise: historical books, 249 chapters; poetical books, 243 chapters; prophetical books, 250 chapters Each of the ve “rolls” was read at an annual Jewish feast Ecclesiastes was read at the Feast of Tabernacles, which was the most joyous of the festivals E C Stedman, quoted by W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 1:144 The familiar Old Testament name of “Lord does not appear in Ecclesiastes ... Messages of the Books of the Bible, pp 56-70 Oesterley, W O E The Wisdom of Egypt and the Old Testament Williams, A Lukyn Ecclesiastes, pp v-lv Young, Edward J An Introduction to the Old Testament, ... O S ? ?The Book of Ecclesiastes.” In The Interpreter’s Bible In the Hebrew Old Testament, as well as the Greek New Testament, the rst letter of a proper noun is not distinguished from the other... was read at the Feast of Tabernacles, which was the most joyous of the festivals E C Stedman, quoted by W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 1:144 The familiar Old Testament name of “Lord does