Some thought-provoking ideas about Kohelet

By |2018-04-16T04:28:31-07:00April 15th, 2018|Book Reviews, Thoughts|

Robert Alter is a supreme translator of the Bible in readable English and an excellent commentator of the texts. In “Wisdom Books,” his writes an introduction to, translates, and comments on Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. He tells readers that “there is little in the three biblical books that is specifically Israelite.” He notes that the [...]