Russell L. Meek is Adjunct Instructor at Moody Theological Seminary, USA.David Beldman is Associate Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer University College, Canada.

Meek and Beldman's stated goal is to make engagement with Ecclesiastes easier and more efficient, and in that they succeed … Summing Up: Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. Authority/Kingship/Power 2. Biblical Theology 3. Canonicity/Canonization4. Ecclesiastes Chapter by Chapter5. Commentaries and Introductions 6. Death/The Afterlife7. Economics 8. Frame Narrator/Narrative 9. Genre 10. God/The Divine/Fear of the Lord11. Hebel 12. Humanity13. History of Interpretation14. Humanity15. Interpreting Ecclesiastes as a Whole/Hermeneutical Issues 16. Joy/Enjoyment/Carpe Diem17. Language 18. Methodology 19. Philosophy 20. Rabbinic Literature (Midrashim, Targumim)21. Retribution Theology22. Sexuality 23. Sitz im Leben (date, setting, authorship)24. Structure 25. Suffering 26. Time 27. Versions28. Wisdom/Pedagogy of the Wise/Wisdom “Schools” 29. Women, View of 30. Work

Russell L. Meek is Adjunct Instructor at Moody Theological Seminary, USA.David Beldman is Associate Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer University College, Canada.

Meek and Beldman's stated goal is to make engagement with Ecclesiastes easier and more efficient, and in that they succeed … Summing Up: Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. Authority/Kingship/Power 2. Biblical Theology 3. Canonicity/Canonization4. Ecclesiastes Chapter by Chapter5. Commentaries and Introductions 6. Death/The Afterlife7. Economics 8. Frame Narrator/Narrative 9. Genre 10. God/The Divine/Fear of the Lord11. Hebel 12. Humanity13. History of Interpretation14. Humanity15. Interpreting Ecclesiastes as a Whole/Hermeneutical Issues 16. Joy/Enjoyment/Carpe Diem17. Language 18. Methodology 19. Philosophy 20. Rabbinic Literature (Midrashim, Targumim)21. Retribution Theology22. Sexuality 23. Sitz im Leben (date, setting, authorship)24. Structure 25. Suffering 26. Time 27. Versions28. Wisdom/Pedagogy of the Wise/Wisdom “Schools” 29. Women, View of 30. Work

Russell L. Meek is Adjunct Instructor at Moody Theological Seminary, USA.David Beldman is Associate Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer University College, Canada.

Meek and Beldman's stated goal is to make engagement with Ecclesiastes easier and more efficient, and in that they succeed … Summing Up: Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. Authority/Kingship/Power 2. Biblical Theology 3. Canonicity/Canonization4. Ecclesiastes Chapter by Chapter5. Commentaries and Introductions 6. Death/The Afterlife7. Economics 8. Frame Narrator/Narrative 9. Genre 10. God/The Divine/Fear of the Lord11. Hebel 12. Humanity13. History of Interpretation14. Humanity15. Interpreting Ecclesiastes as a Whole/Hermeneutical Issues 16. Joy/Enjoyment/Carpe Diem17. Language 18. Methodology 19. Philosophy 20. Rabbinic Literature (Midrashim, Targumim)21. Retribution Theology22. Sexuality 23. Sitz im Leben (date, setting, authorship)24. Structure 25. Suffering 26. Time 27. Versions28. Wisdom/Pedagogy of the Wise/Wisdom “Schools” 29. Women, View of 30. Work