{"id":4282357255,"title":"WCS Ecclesiastes: A Quest For Meaning?","handle":"wcs-ecclesiastes-a-quest-for-meaning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_small.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWelwyn Commentary Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor John D. Currid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783971343\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 160\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the Welwyn Commentary series has leading Old Testament scholar and series editor John D. Currid bring a fresh approach to a book that seems to draw a lot of comment of the the wrong kind. In his Introduction he says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no book in the Old Testament that is as maligned and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecriticized as the book of Ecclesiastes. People point to the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eteachings of vanity, skepticism, and fatalism that they see so \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edominant in the writing. Why live, one asks, if the writer of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcclesiastes is right that life is without meaning and purpose? . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI would argue that the real reason that no book in the Old \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTestament is as disparaged as Ecclesiastes is simply because no \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook is so misunderstood. It is ironic, in my opinion, that no \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook in the Old Testament is, in reality, as joyful as Ecclesiastes. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the reader properly understands the argument in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook, he will be led to joy and he will be filled with adoration for \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod. Consequently, that which is criticized for having no joy is \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ereally the book that brings joy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr John D Currid is Carl McMurray Professor of Old Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte, North Carolina. 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Currid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783971343\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 160\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the Welwyn Commentary series has leading Old Testament scholar and series editor John D. Currid bring a fresh approach to a book that seems to draw a lot of comment of the the wrong kind. In his Introduction he says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no book in the Old Testament that is as maligned and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecriticized as the book of Ecclesiastes. People point to the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eteachings of vanity, skepticism, and fatalism that they see so \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edominant in the writing. Why live, one asks, if the writer of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcclesiastes is right that life is without meaning and purpose? . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI would argue that the real reason that no book in the Old \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTestament is as disparaged as Ecclesiastes is simply because no \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook is so misunderstood. It is ironic, in my opinion, that no \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook in the Old Testament is, in reality, as joyful as Ecclesiastes. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the reader properly understands the argument in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebook, he will be led to joy and he will be filled with adoration for \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod. 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