Qoheleth's Hope: The Message of Ecclesiastes in a Broken World

by Brian Neil Peterson

Pessimist Hedonist Skeptic Fatalist Scholars have used these and a variety of other pejoratives to describe Qoheleth, the author of the book of Ecclesiastes. But are these monikers fair assessments of this formative book of the Hebrew wisdom tradition? Brian Neil Peterson challenges this dominant scholarly perspective by arguing that Qoheleth's message is more optimistic than it appears. He insists that Qoheleth--a realist who recognizes that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978703996
• ISBN13: 9781978703995
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Fortress Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"