"Life with all its material and physical goods is a gift from God. But men and women are deliberately cut off from the enjoyment of this gift until they come to know that only God can fill that divinely created vacuum and hunger to know Him."

With these words, Walter C. Kaiser introduces the theme of Ecclesiastes. This thought-provoking, through-the-book commentary on Ecclesiastes em-phasizes its message and relevance for modern man.

The author deals with the significant textual, inter-pretive, and theological issues but writes specifically for laymen in nontechnical language. It is a thorough and evangelical study.

The basic hunger of men is to find meaning in life. Ecclesiastes becomes a book of contemporary impor-tance when we realize that men today are still search-ing for meaning in life.