Qoheleth.(Book Review) From: Theological Studies | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: O'Connor, M. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Theological Studies, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

QOHELETH. By Norbert Lohfink, S.J. Translated from the German by Sean McEvenue, S.J. Continental Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003. Pp. xviii + 158. $23.

The Book of Ecclesiastes is the only piece of discursive prose in the Old Testament and is, at least apparently, at odds with the rest of the Bible in many respects. In 1980 Lohfink wrote an influential German commentary on Qoheleth, which has remained in print with minor revisions; it was drafted in conjunction...