Death in Qoheleth and Egyptian Biographies of the Late Period.(Book review)

Hebrew Studies Journal | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

DEATH IN QOHELETH AND EGYPTIAN BIOGRAPHIES OF THE LATE PERIOD. By Shannon Burkes. SBLDS 170. Pp. 306. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1999. Cloth, $45.00. The book of Qohelet, one of the "strangest" books in the Bible as it has often been called by Bickerman, Crenshaw and others, has not lost any of the mesmerizing effect it has had on its readers since antiquity. In fact, looking at the list of commentaries which appeared during the last decade alone (R. E. Murphy, 1992; T. A. Perry, 1993; D. C. Fredricks, 1993; C.L. Seow, 1997; T. Longman, 1998; M. V. Fox, 1999) ...

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