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4.0
Unlike his other more recent books
This is full-on academic, professor-level scholarship from an incredibly sharp mind. This isn’t anything like his more conversational books like “Sin of Certainty,” “The Bible Tells Me So,” or his most recent “Genesis for Normal People” and “Exodus for Normal People.”
It is a bit dry but I expected that. The first half is a line-by-line analysis and the second half is a more thematic analysis.
Ecclesiastes is my favorite OT book and I really enjoyed the deep-dive. It is such a difficult book contextually and emotionally, but so rewarding.
This is full-on academic, professor-level scholarship from an incredibly sharp mind. This isn’t anything like his more conversational books like “Sin of Certainty,” “The Bible Tells Me So,” or his most recent “Genesis for Normal People” and “Exodus for Normal People.”
It is a bit dry but I expected that. The first half is a line-by-line analysis and the second half is a more thematic analysis.
Ecclesiastes is my favorite OT book and I really enjoyed the deep-dive. It is such a difficult book contextually and emotionally, but so rewarding.
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