Book Review: Joy at the End of the Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes

Posted by on February 7, 2023 · Leave a Comment 

Joy at the End of The Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of EcclesiastesJoy at the End of The Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes by Douglas Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really good in some parts. Wilson ably captures the main point of the book.

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Book Review: Why Everything Matters: The Gospel in Ecclesiastes

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Why Everything Matters: The Gospel in EcclesiastesWhy Everything Matters: The Gospel in Ecclesiastes by Philip Graham Ryken
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Good book. A few wobbly parts.

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Book Review: Interpreting the Wisdom Books: An Exegetical Handbook

Posted by on February 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment 

Interpreting the Wisdom Books: An Exegetical Handbook (Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis)Interpreting the Wisdom Books: An Exegetical Handbook by Edward M. Curtis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a helpful resource for the wisdom books of the Old Testament.

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Book Review: How to Read Proverbs

Posted by on September 29, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

How to Read ProverbsHow to Read Proverbs by Tremper Longman III
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is well done and helpful in what it sets out to do. The title is truth in advertising as this book helps orient the reader of the book of Proverbs. It is not a deep dive study of wisdom literature, but that wasn’t the intention of the author. Issues like the overall organization and structural and thematic unity of the book are only touched on enough to whet your appetite. Longman doesn’t deal with intertextuality per se, but he does have a chapter for interaction between Proverbs and Job and Ecclesiastes, and a later mention of the New Testament book of James. The book particularly shines in giving attention to the fact that you must take any individual sayings in light of the whole book.

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Book Review: Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches us to Live in Light of the End

Posted by on January 6, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the EndLiving Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End by David Gibson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is a commentary and study of Ecclesiastes. The author takes a practical approach to the book’s message of living life with the end of life in view. He focuses on that main theme and gives us a helpful and accessible look at the book of Ecclesiastes that Christians probably don’t pay enough attention to.

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