The Christ of Wisdom: A Redemptive-Historical Exploration of the Wisdom Books of the Old Testament by O. Palmer Robertson

Author:O. Palmer Robertson [Robertson, O. Palmer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B073SGVKVT
Publisher: P&R Publishing
Published: 2017-07-05T22:00:00+00:00

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ECCLESIASTES

HOW TO COPE WITH LIFE'S FRUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER OUTLINE

Introduction

I. Audience, Authorship, and Date of Composition

A. Target Audience

B. Authorship

1. In Favor of Solomonic Authorship

2. In Opposition to Solomonic Authorship

3. Some Balancing Responses

C. Date of Composition

II. Literary Form, Structure, and Synopsis

A. Literary Form

1. First-Person Personal Testimony

2. The Hypothetical “Frame Narrator”

3. The Proverb

4. “Better than” Contrast

5. Extended Topical Discourses

6. Summary on Literary Form in the Book of Ecclesiastes

B. Structure

C. Synopsis

1. Prologue (Eccl. 1:1–11)

2. Body (Eccl. 1:12–12:7)

3. Epilogue (Eccl. 12:8–14)

III. The Message of the Book

A. The Question of a Unified Message

1. Two Authors?

2. One Author in Conflict with Another?

3. A Unified Perspective

B. Various Frameworks for Interpreting the Message

1. A False View of Life

2. An Allegory of the Gospel

3. The Best of Human Wisdom

4. A Realistic Picture of Life

C. The Message Contained in the Repeated Statements of the Book

1. Frustration of Frustrations ()

2. “What Is the Profit?” ()

3. “Under the Sun” ()

D. God in the Gospel of Ecclesiastes

1. God Is the Maker of All Things

2. God Has a Prevailing Purpose in Providence That Should Be Searched Out

3. God Is the Great Benefactor of Humanity

4. God Expects Men to Revere Him in Worship, and as a Consequence to Take All of Life Seriously

5. God Is Judge and Distinguishes between the Righteous and the Wicked

6. God Tests Humanity in a Variety of Ways

7. God Will Finally Call All People to Account

E. The Final Message and the Final Messenger

Conclusion

Selected Bibliography for Ecclesiastes

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