Wisdom Literature: The Mysterious Books of Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs
Ecclesiastes, like Job, must be interpreted as a whole. It is a sustained sarcasm through chap. 12. It is a tongue-in-cheek sarcastic look at life without God. However, Ecclesiastes assumes the existence of God and is written within the stream of the OT faith. Evil is a result of man, not God. God's ways cannot be known. Man must struggle for the meaning in life but be content! Song of Songs affirms the God given aspects of human sexuality. Many see this book in light of the OT analogy of God as husband and Israel as wife. It has no hints of a religious or national theme which is so unusual for a canonical book. Part of the "You Can Understand the Bible"TM series. For more of Dr. Utley's Bible study guides, go to www.freebiblecommentary.org.
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