Reading Ecclesiastes: A Literary and Cultural Exegesis.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Theological Studies | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Laffey, Alice L. | Copyright information

READING ECCLESIASTES: A LITERARY AND CULTURAL EXEGESIS. By Mary E. Mills. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. vii + 177. $79.95.

Mills frames her study of Ecclesiastes between a preamble on "the exercise of biblical imagination" (chap. 1) and a sequel on "the art of biblical imagination" (chap. 12). Imagination is intrinsic to any appreciation of literature.

M. first and foremost applies a literary method that includes both recognition and appreciation of the ...

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