Ecclesiastes Footnotes
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1 For a good discussion of Solomonic authorship, read Jim Hamilton, God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010), 314–15.
2 This is the literal translation of the Hebrew phrase translated “people” in the HCSB.
3 Mark Driscoll (“Goose Chase”) makes this contention based on texts like 1 Kings 4:22-24, but these texts likely refer to the food provisions for his employees, not parties. Either way, much was consumed under Solomon’s reign. It was one of opulence and pleasure.
4 Longman (Ecclesiastes, 99) contends that Ecclesiastes cuts against Proverbs.
5 Matt Chandler’s sermon “The Gift” was helpful for this section.
6 For a good overview see Tremper Longman III, The Book of Ecclesiastes, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998), 144–47.
7 Much of this section is dependent on Duane Garrett’s helpful analysis of these verses. See Garrett, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes Song of Songs, 341–43.