Scholarly interest in Ecclesiastes one of the most enigmatic but fascinating books in the Old Testament has greatly increased in recent years, and Professor R.N. Whybray's new commentary will be widely welcomed. Offering a clear exposition of the text, Whybray includes fresh approaches to particular passages and demonstrates that although Ecclesiastes in many ways is characteristic of the time when it was written the Hellenistic period the book still stands firmly within the tradition of Old Testament wisdom literature.