A commentary on Ecclesiastes

This work provides a close, verse-by-verse commentary on the biblical book under examination, pairing the Authorized Version with the author’s paraphrase and immediate explanatory notes. It emphasizes the Septuagint’s renderings, subjects them to careful grammatical and contextual scrutiny, and seeks sense of difficult passages by minute analysis of forms and expressions. An introductory discussion treats questions of date and authorship, while the main body standardizes punctuation, expands abbreviations, and supplies footnotes and transcriber’s notes. Throughout the commentary the tone remains analytical, aiming to clarify language, translation variants, and the text’s moral and theological reflections.