Ecclesiastes : the traditional Hebrew text with the new JPS translation / commentary by Michael V. Fox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fox, Michael V., 1940-

Series:

JPS Bible commentary

The JPS Bible commentary

Standardized Title:

Bible. Ecclesiastes. Hebrew. 2004.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Bible. Ecclesiastes--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Ecclesiastes.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 87 pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004.

Language Note:

Text of Ecclesiastes in Hebrew and English; commentary in English.

Contents:

Title and Author ix

Ecclesiastes and Wisdom Literature x

Ecclesiastes and Philosophy xi

Literary Forms xii

Dating xiv

Place in Jewish Literature xiv

Structure and Unity xv

The Challenges of Scriptural Citation, Translation, and Commentary xxi

Major Sources Cited and Overview of Interpretations xxii

The Teachings of Ecclesiastes xxx

The Commentary to Ecclesiastes

Reflections and Meditations 11

Counsels and Teachings 32.

Notes:

"Masoretic Hebrew text, Codex Leningrad B19A, taken from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) 1967/77, 1983, by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Bible. Ecclesiastes. English. Jewish Publication Society. 2004.

ISBN:

0827607423

OCLC:

53443168