Overview of Ecclesiastes Resources
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Articles
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Craig Bartholomew | Qoheleth in the Canon? Current Trends in the Interpretation of Ecclesiastes (Themelios) | Advanced
 | Great!
 | As titled - an overview of current trends, concluding with some useful ‘ways forward’. Includes an appendix with brief commentary reviews. (Pdf version.) | 
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| James Sawyer | The Theology of Ecclesiasties (bible.org) | Intermediate to Advanced
 | Good
 | An outline essay looking at how Ecclesiastes treats three topics: ‘hebel’ (‘meaninglessness’/’vanity’); ‘the good and sovereign God’; ‘life under the sun’. |
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| James Reitman | The Structure and Unity of Ecclesiasties (Bibliotheca Sacra) | Advanced
| Good
| Introductory essay offering a summary of the theology and message of the book. (Pdf version.) |
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Audio
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Mark Dever | The Message of Ecclesiastes | Easily Accessible
 | Great!
| A one-sermon overview of the message of Ecclesiastes (entitled ‘Wisdom for the Successful’). Part of Mark Dever’s 69 sermons on the whole bible. |
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Books
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Barry Webb | Five Festal Garments | Easily Accessible
| Outstanding!!
 | Outstanding overview of the themes the ‘Five Scrolls’. One chapter each on Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther. (more…) |
Commentaries
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Trempor Longman III | Ecclesiasties (NICOT) | Intermediate to Advanced
| Great!
| Technical commentary, conservative persepctive. Helpful paragraph summaries of sections. However, logic/connections are not dealt with well, & Longman’s view that the editor is at odds with the Qohelet pervades large sections. (more…) |
FurtherInfo
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Biblical Studies Bulletin | Ecclesiastes commentary reviews | Easily Accessible
| Great!
| Short assessments of commentaries on Ecclesiastes. |
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| Denver Journal | Annotated Commentary Bibliography | Easily Accessible
| Great!
| Very comprehensive, lightly annotated bibliography on Ecclesiastes commentaries. (You need to scroll down to get to Ecclesiastes.) |
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| Biblical Studies (.org.uk) | Bibliography | Easily Accessible
| Good
| Very comprehensive, but unannotated bibliography on most aspects of Ecclesiastes. |
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