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Article: Qoheleth. A Continental Commentary.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2007
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Qoheleth. A Continental Commentary. By Norbert Lohfink (Fortress, $23). This commentary was first published in German more than twenty years ago, but references have been brought up to date in this English translation. L. wrote his commentary to explain the choices he made for a modern German Bible translation; hence its relative brevity (158 pages) and freedom from academic details. L. advocates a clear (and controversial) stance: Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), written in the third century, was an attempt to profit as much as possible from the Greek ...