For For church members and study groups reading Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs for the first time; not for readers wanting technical commentary or debate with scholarship.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
1 of 5marginal
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Short daily-sized sections on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs: his own translation of each passage, then a plain reflection that often starts from a story about life today.
How it proceeds
Philosophic0 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential3 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A volume of The Old Testament for Everyone, his seventeen-volume series for lay readers published by Westminster John Knox Press in the United States and SPCK in Britain between 2010 and 2016, the Old Testament companion to N. T. Wright's New Testament for Everyone. This volume (2014) covers Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. Each short section gives his own fresh translation of a passage followed by a few pages of reflection, often opening from a story about contemporary life, with a glossary at the back.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs for Everyone
by John Goldingay
For For church members and study groups reading Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs for the first time; not for readers wanting technical commentary or debate with scholarship.
Should I read this?
Short daily-sized sections on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs: his own translation of each passage, then a plain reflection that often starts from a story about life today.
How it proceeds
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A volume of The Old Testament for Everyone, his seventeen-volume series for lay readers published by Westminster John Knox Press in the United States and SPCK in Britain between 2010 and 2016, the Old Testament companion to N. T. Wright's New Testament for Everyone. This volume (2014) covers Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. Each short section gives his own fresh translation of a passage followed by a few pages of reflection, often opening from a story about contemporary life, with a glossary at the back.
Catalog ID
W.792Y20.H