Ecclesiastes and the riddle of authorship (First [edition].)

In Ecclesiastes, the authorial voice of Qohelet presents an identity that has challenged readers for centuries.

This book offers a reception history of the different ways readers have constructed Qohelet as an author.

Previous reception histories of Ecclesiastes group readings into 'premodern' and 'critical,' or separate Jewish from Christian readings.

In deliberate contrast, this analysis arranges readings thematically according to the interpretive potential inherent in the text, a method of biblical reception history articulated by Brennan Breed.