Interpreting and Applying Ecclesiastes

OT064-712/812/912
2024 semester 1 | 2024 semester 2 | 2025 semester 1 | 2025 semester 2 | 2026 semester 1 | 2026 semester 2
Online recordings
Level 7, Level 8, Level 9

Lecturer

Andrew Matthews

Overview

The subject analyses the book of Ecclesiastes and providing training in the skills of exegetical method. Students will gain further knowledge of Old Testament theology, be able to survey modern interpretations of the book, and consider how to preach Ecclesiastes.

Delivery

  • 2024 semester 1: 3 lecture hours per week, with class discusssion
  • Other semesters: online recordings
  • Essays and assignments

KEY TEXTS

  • Choon Leong Seow, Ecclesiastes, Anchor Bible 18 (Garden City: Doubleday, 1997).
  • Derek Kidner, The Message of Ecclesiastes: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance, Bible Speaks Today (Downers Grove: IVP, 1976).
  • Michael Eaton, Ecclesiastes, TOTC (Downers Grove: IVP, 1983).
  • Philip G. Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters, Preaching the Word (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010).
  • Mark Boda, Tremper Longman III, and Christian Rata (eds), The Words of the Wise Are Like Goads (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2013).

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Training for the Kingdom of Heaven

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