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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1 (2020)
Book
Weeks, S. (2020). A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1. Bloomsbury

This new volume in the ICC on Ecclesiastes 1-5 brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have a complete knowledge and understanding of thi... Read More about A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1.

Tobit (2018)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2018). Tobit. In A. Wright, R. Herms, & B. Embry (Eds.), Early Jewish literature : an anthology (368-382). Eerdmans

Solomon and Qoheleth (2016)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2016). Solomon and Qoheleth. In B. J. Embry, & A. Erickson (Eds.), Megilloth studies : the shape of contemporary scholarship (71-86). Sheffield Phoenix Press

Various explanations have been advanced for the reading of Ecclesiastes at the Feast of Tabernacles, a practice that does not seem to have begun before the Middle Ages, and that has never been applied with great consistency even amongst the Jewish co... Read More about Solomon and Qoheleth.

Reconstructing Tobit 13.6–10 (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). Reconstructing Tobit 13.6–10. In R. T. McLay (Ed.), The Temple in Text and Tradition (59-71). Bloomsbury T&T Clark

The Place and Limits of Wisdom Revisited (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). The Place and Limits of Wisdom Revisited. In J. Jarick (Ed.), Perspectives on Israelite wisdom : proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament seminar (3-23). Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Wisdom, Form and Genre (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). Wisdom, Form and Genre. In M. R. Sneed (Ed.), Was there a wisdom tradition? New prospects in Israelite wisdom studies (161-178). Society of Biblical Literature

Tobit (2015)
Book Chapter
Stuckenbruck, L., & Weeks, S. (2015). Tobit. In J. K. Aitken (Ed.), The T & T Clark companion to the Septuagint (237-260). Bloomsbury T&T Clark

The Inner-Textuality of Qoheleth's Monologue (2014)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2014). The Inner-Textuality of Qoheleth's Monologue. In W. Kynes, & K. Dell (Eds.), Reading Ecclesiastes intertextually (142-156). Bloomsbury T&T Clark

The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875 (2014)
Book
Weeks, S. (2014). The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875. Eisenbrauns

Taking advantage of the unprecedented access to books and information that has become available in the last few years, this bibliography identifies and traces the history of hundreds of books and articles on Ecclesiastes published in many different l... Read More about The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875.

“Fear God and Keep his Commandments”: Could Qohelet Have Said This? (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). “Fear God and Keep his Commandments”: Could Qohelet Have Said This?. In B. Schipper, & A. Teeter (Eds.), Wisdom and Torah : the reception of ‘Torah’ in the wisdom literature of the Second Temple period (101-118). Brill Academic Publishers

Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts. In G. Moers, K. Widmaier, A. Giewekemeyer, A. Lümers, & R. Ernst (Eds.), Dating Egyptian literary texts (599-616). Widmaier Verlag

We know little about the circumstances which gave rise to the composition of biblical texts, except what they themselves choose to tell us, and there is much debate about their dates and origins. They not only furnish a salutary example, however, of... Read More about Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts.

Notes on Some Hebrew Words in Ecclesiastes (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). Notes on Some Hebrew Words in Ecclesiastes. In J. K. Aitken, J. M. Clines, & C. M. Maier (Eds.), Interested readers : essays on the Hebrew Bible in honor of David J. A. Clines (373-384). Society of Biblical Literature

Restoring the Greek Tobit (2013)
Journal Article
Weeks, S. (2013). Restoring the Greek Tobit. Journal for the Study of Judaism: In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period, 44(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12340377

The modern consensus that the “Long” text of Tobit is earlier than the “Short” has brought about a paralysis in attempts to restore the Greek, with the very unsatisfactory text in Sinaiticus coming to serve as our de facto best effort. It is importan... Read More about Restoring the Greek Tobit.

Ecclesiastes and Scepticism (2012)
Book
Weeks, S. (2012). Ecclesiastes and Scepticism. T&T Clark

By emphasising observation and empiricism as a key influence on human behaviour, this work excludes any consideration of tradition or revelation. Scholars often view the apparent scepticism of Ecclesiastes in terms of a reaction against the more conf... Read More about Ecclesiastes and Scepticism.

Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel (2011)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2011). Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel. In J. K. Aitken, K. J. Dell, & B. A. Mastin (Eds.), On stone and scroll : essays in honour of Graham Ivor Davies (465-478). De Gruyter