'All princes, I': the making of Qohelet's composite king -- 'I saw all the deeds that were done under heaven': history in the opening poems -- Remembrance of kings past -- 'The days of darkness will be many': echoes of exile -- 'Woe to you, land': the city-lament mode in the closing poem
Summary
A study of the making of collective memory within early Judaism in the Book of Ecclesiasties, also know as the Book of Qohelet. It explores the differing literary traditions in the interpretation of this Biblical text
