Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes' heterodox character in one of two ways, either explaining away the book's disturbing qualities or radicalizing and championing it a
"This collection of essays explores questions that challenge the traditional notion of a wisdom tradition among the Israelite literati, such as: Is the wisdom literature a genre or mode of literature
Seven essays, six from a 1997 conference in San Francisco, offer sociological perspectives on social class as revealed in the Hebrew Bible. Some tend toward positivism while others are more literary a
