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Introductions

	George Granville Bradley [1821-1903], Lectures on Ecclesiastes. Delivered in Westminster Abbey. Oxford: Clarenden Press, 1885. Hbk. pp.133. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Katherine J. Dell, Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New. Readers Old and New. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781575068633. pp.120. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	James L. Crenshaw, Qoheleth: The Ironic Wink. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2013.. ISBN: 9781611172584. pp.184. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	R. Gordis, Koheleth: The Man and His World. Schocken, 1951. Pbk. pp.421.
	Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Ecclesiastes: Total Life. Moody, 1979.
	Alan Hugh McNeile [1871-1933], An Introduction to Ecclesiastes with Notes and Appendices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1904. Hbk. pp.170. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Dominic Rudman, Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes. London: Bloomsbury, 2001. ISBN: 9780567215635. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]

Commentaries

	Craig G. Bartholomew, Ecclesiastes. Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms. Grand Rapids; Baker, 2009. ISBN: 9781441205070. pp.448. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	George Aaron Barton [1859-1942], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1908. Hbk. pp.212. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Dianne Bergant, Job, Ecclesiastes. Old Testament Message, Vol. 18. Michael Glazier: Liturgical Press, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 0814652522. pp.295.
	William P. Brown, Ecclesiastes. Interpretation. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781611641394. pp.160. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link] The Commentary... ends with an extensive Epilogue examining the significance of Ecclesiastes for Christian faith and practice (121-37). Preachers will find a wealth of material here..." Cecil Grant, Themelios, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2001): 55.
	Robert Buchanan [1802-1875], The Book of Ecclesiastes. Its Meaning and Its Lessons. London: Blackie & Son, 1859. Hbk. pp.435. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Samuel Cox [1826-1893], The Book of Ecclesiates with a New Translation, W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor's Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. Hbk. pp.335. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James L. Crenshaw, Ecclesiastes. Old Testament Library. Westminster, 1987. Hbk. ISBN: 0664212956 . pp.192.
	Thomas Pelham Dale [1821-1892], A Commentary on Ecclesiastes. London: Rivingtons, 1873. Hbk. pp.92. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Robert Davidson, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. Daily Study Bible. Westminster, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0664245897. pp.168.
	Kathleen A. Farmer, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0802801617. pp.232.
	Michael V. Fox, Qohelet and His Contradictions. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780567247339. pp.384. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	W.J. Fuerst, The Books of Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Lamentations. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge, 1975. pp.267.
	Duane A. Garrett, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. The New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN: 9781433675577. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Herrmann Hengstenberg [1802-1869], Commentary on Ecclesiastes with Other Treatises. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1860. Hbk. pp.488. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Derek Kidner, The Message of Ecclesiates: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Bible Speak Today. Leicester: IVP, 1976. Pbk. ISBN: 0851107281. pp.110.
	J.A. Loader, Ecclesiastes: A Practical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0802801021. pp.136.
	Tremper Longman III, Ecclesiastes. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Hbk. ISBN: 0802823661. pp.320.
	John Turner Marshall [1850-1923], The Book of Ecclesiastes. An American Commentary of the Old Testament. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1904. Hbk. pp.40. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Carey A. Moore, Esther. The Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1971. Hbk. ISBN: 0385047029. pp.118.
	Roland E. Murphy, Ecclesiastes, Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 23A. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018. ISBN: 9780310588672. pp.256. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Edward Hayes Plumptre [1821-1891], Ecclesiastes; or, the Preacher with Notes and Introduction. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1881. Hbk pp.271. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Iain Provan, Ecclesiastes / Song of Songs. NIV Application Commentary Series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 031021372X. pp.400. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Allen P. Ross, Jerry E. Shepherd & George Schwab, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, revsied edn. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310531852. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	George Salmon [1819-1904], "Proverbs," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers, Vol. 4. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1884. Hbk. pp.359-382. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	C.L. Seow, Ecclesiastes: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0385411146. pp.688.
	Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 7: Proverbs to Isaiah XXVI, 6th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1844. pp.322-419. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Ecclesiastes (Bob Utley)
	Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes 1-5. The International Critical Commentary. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 9780567693525. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes 5-12. The International Critical Commentary. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. ISBN: 9780567666550. pp.752. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Roger Norman Whybray [1923–1998], Ecclesiastes. New Century Bible. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1989. Pbk. pp.179. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this book without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]

Theology

	Stephan de Jong, "God in the Book of Qohelet: A Reappraisal of Qohelet's Place in Old Testament Theology," Vetus Testamentum 47.2 (1997): 154-167.
	Walter C. Kaiser, Jnr., "Integrating Wisdom Theology into Old Testament Theology: Ecclesiastes 3:10-15," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.197-210.
	The Theology of Ecclesiastes (Dr. M. James Sawyer)

Other Subjects

	William H.U. Anderson, "The Curse of Work in Qoheleth: An Expose of Genesis 3:17-19 in Ecclesiastes," Evangelical Quarterly 70.2 (1998): 99-113.
	William H.U. Anderson, "Philosophical Considerations in a Genre Analysis of Qoheleth," Vetus Testamentum 48.3 (1998): 289-300.
	Gleason Leonard Archer, Jr., "The linguistic evidence for the date of 'Ecclesiastes'," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 12.3 (Summer 1969): 167-181. pdf
	Joseph Azize, "Considering the Book of Qohelet Afresh," Ancient Near Eastern Studies 37 (2000): 183-214.
	Joyce G. Baldwin, "Is There Pseudonymity in the Old Testament?" Themelios 4.1 (1978): 6-12. pdf
	Craig Bartholomew, "Qoheleth in the Canon?: Current Trends in the Interpretation of Ecclesiastes," Themelios 24.3 (May 1999): 4-20. pdf
	George Ricker Berry, "The Purpose of the Book of Ecclesiastes,"Review & Expositor 13.1 (Jan. 1916): 88-97. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Wayne A. Brindle, "Righteousness and wickedness in Ecclesiastes 7:15-18," Andrews University Seminary Studies 23.3 (Autumn 1985): 243-257. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "The Wisdom Literature of the Bible: The Book of Ecclesiastes," The Bible Student ns 23.4 (Oct. 1952): 144-148. pdf
	Ardel B. "Caneday, "Qoheleth: enigmatic pessimist or godly sage?," Grace Theological Journal 7.1 (Spring 1986): 21-56. pdf [Reproduced Courtesy of the Brethren Digital Archive]
	John H. Choi, "The Doctrine of the Golden Mean in Qoh 7,15-18: A Universal Human Pursuit," Biblica 83 (2002): 358-374.
	David M. Clemens, "The Law of Sin and Death: Ecclesiastes and Genesis 1-3," Themelios 19.3 (May 1994): 5-8.
	Barry C. Davis, "Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 - Death, an Impetus for Life," Bibliotheca Sacra 148: 591 (1991): 298-318.
	M. Duhood, "The Phoenecian Background of Qoheleth," Biblica 7 (1966): 264-82.
	Kyle C. Dunham, "Old Age, Death, or Something Else? Another Look at Qohelet's Climactic Poem," Semãnãtorul (The Sower) 4 supplement (2024): 7-44. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the editor]
	M. Fox, "Frame Narrative and Composition in the Book of Qohelet," Hebrew Union College Annual 48 (1968): 83-106.
	D.C. Fredericks, Qoleleth's Language: Re-evaluating Its Nature and Date. Lewiston: Edwin Mellon, 1988.
	Tomas Frydrych, Living Under the Sun: Examination of Proverbs and Qoheleth. Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, 90. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 9004123156. pp.255.
	Duane A. Garrett, "Qoheleth On The Use And Abuse Of Political Power," Trinity Journal 8.2 (1987): 159-177.
	Duane A. Garrett, "Ecclesiastes 7:25-29 and the Feminist Hermeneutic," Criswell Theological Review 2 (1988) 309-21.
	C.D. Ginsburg, The Song of Songs and Coheleth, 1857. Ktav, 1970. Hbk. pp.528.
	Thomas Francis Glasson [1906-1998], "'You Never Know': The Message of Ecclesiastes 11:1-6," The Evangelical Quarterly 55.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1983): 43-48. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Robert Gordis [1908-1992], Koheleth - the Man and his World, 2nd edn. New York: Schocken Books, 1968. Pbk. ISBN: 0805201661. pp.431.
	William Henry Green, "Scope and Plan of the Book of Ecclesiastes," Biblical Reparatory and Princeton Review 29 (1857) 419-40.
	N.K. Haden, "Qohelet and the Problem of Alienation," Christian Scholars Review 17 (1987) 52-66.
	S. Holm-Nielsen, "On the Interpretation of Qoholoeth in Early Christianity (LXX; Hieronymus)," Vetus Testamentum 24 (1974): 168-77.
	M.M. Homan, "Beer Production By Throwing Bread Into Water: A New Interpretation of Qoh. XI 1-2," Vetus Testamentum 52.2 (2002): 275-278.
	D.A. Hubbard, Beyond Futility. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.
	William Johnstone, "'The Preacher' as Scientist," Scottish Journal of Theology 20 (1967): 210-
	Y.V. Koh, Royal Autobiography in the Book of Qoheleth. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012. ISBN: 9783110923155. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Robert V. McCabe, "The Message of Ecclesiastes," Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 1.1 (Spring 1996): 85-112. pdf
	John E. McKenna, "The Concept of Hebel in the Book of Ecclesiastes," Scottish Journal of Theology 45 (1992): 19-
	Eric Ortland, "The Gospel in the Book of Ecclesiastes," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56.4 (Dec. 2013): 697-706. pdf
	Anson F. Rainey, "A Study of Eccleisates," Concordia Theological Monthly 35 (1964) 148-57.
	James S. Reitman, "The Structure and Unity of Ecclesiastes," Bibliotheca Sacra 154: 615 (1997): 297-319.
	Dominic Rudman, "A Note on the Dating of Ecclesiastes," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61.1 (1999): 47-52.
	Dominic Rudman, Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. ISBN: 9780567215635. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Robert B. Salters, "Exegetical Problems in Qoheleth," Irish Biblical Studies 10.1 (1988): 44-59.
	George M. Schwab, Sr., "Woman as the object of Qohelet's search," Andrews University Seminary Studies 39.1 (Spring 2001): 73-84. pdf
	C.L. Seow, "Linguistic Evidence and the Dating of Qohelet," Journal of Biblical Literature 115.4 (1996): 643-666.
	Andrew G. Shead, "Reading Ecclesiastes 'Epilogically'," Tyndale Bulletin 48.1 (1997): 67-91. pdf
	H. Carl Shank, "Qoheleth's World and Life View as Seen in His Recurring Phrases," Westminster Theological Journal 37 (1974) 57-73.
	Martin A. Shields, "Ecclesiastes and the End of Wisdom," Tyndale Bulletin 50.1 (1999): 117-139. pdf
	Melvin Tinker, "Evil, Evangelism and Ecclesiastes," Themelios 28.2 (Spring 2003): 4-15.
	R.N. Whybray, "Qohelet: Preacher of Joy," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 23 (1982): 87-92.
	Addson G. Wright, "The Riddle of the Sphinx Revisited: Numerical Patterns in the Book of Qoheleth," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 42 (1980): 38-51.
	Addson G. Wright, "Addtitional Numerical Patterns in Qoheleth," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45 (1983): 32-43.
	Addison G. Wright, "The Riddle of the Sphinx: The Structure of the Book of Qoheleth," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 30 (1968): 313-334. Reprinted in: Addison G. Wright, "The Riddle of the Sphinx: The Structure of the Book of Qoheleth," Roy B. Zuck,ed., Reflecting with Solomon: Selected Studies on the Book of Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. pp.45-66.
	John Stafford Wright [1905-1985], "The Interpretation of Ecclesiastes," The Evangelical Quarterly 18.1 (Jan. 1946): 18-34. pdf [ © 1946 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
	J.S. Wright, "The Interpretation of the Book of Ecclesiastes," Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., ed. Classical Evangelical Essays. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1972.
	Ronald F. Youngblood, "Qoheleth's 'Dark House' (Eccl 12:5)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29.4 (1986): 397-410. pdf = Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.211-228.
	Roy B. Zuck, "God and Man in Ecclesiastes," Bibliotheca Sacra 148: 589 (1991): 45-55.