The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.
This book examines the literary genre(s) to which the book of Qoheleth belongs and on which it is modelled. It suggests that Qoheleth is best described as a royal autobiography based on the arguments of specific literary features of style and content, resemblance to various kinds of royal autobiographical narrative from the ancient Near East, and the existence, despite first impressions, of a coherent worldview. The analyses in this book cover various aspects from textual criticism, through aspects of vocabulary and style, to the interpretation of particular passages and the problem of making sense of the book as a whole.
Y. V. Koh, Seminari Theologi Malaysia, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
"Felicitamos al autor por haber facilitado la lectura del libro proponiendo al comienzo de cada capítulo el tema de que va a discutirse y resumiendo al final las conclusiones se ha llegado."
C. Mielgo in: Estudio Agustiano 1/2007
