In this post, I pointed out that the audio recordings of the Biblical Horizons 2005 conference on Ecclesiastes and Wisdom Literature are available and well worth buying. Someone pointed out that it wouldn’t be easy to part with forty bucks at one time. Could I point out two or three favorites?

Well, I’m not sure I’m ready to decide my favorites, but, if you want to spend less, I advise buying what is available from a single lecturer or on a specific topic.

For example, Jeff Meyers presented three lectures on Canticles.

• Canticles: What do we have here?
• Canticles: Interpretive Options
• Canticles: Toward an Interpretation

But perhaps you are more interested in Ecclesiastes. Then maybe you would like Michael Schneider’s sermons on that book:

• Does Life Have meaning?
• History Under the Sun<
• The Pastoral Use of Ecclesiastes

If you only want two lectures, Peter Leithart presented a couple on the books of Kings, showing how wisdom is displayed in them:

• Wisdom in Kings 1
• Wisdom in Kings 2

Or perhaps you are interested in Shakespeare. Peter gave three lectures:

• Shakespeare’s Roman Plays
• Coriolanus
• Antony & Cleopatra

If you want to save even more money, there is one stand-alone message:

• Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes

Finally, if you are willing to part with about sixteen dollars, Jim Jordan’s lectures on the nature of Wisdom literature, and the meaning of Ecclesiastes, are excellent.

• Wisdom & Rule 1
• Wisdom & Rule 2
• Wisdom & Death 1
• Wisdom & Death 2
• Wisdom Literature
• Introduction to Ecclesiastes
• Survey of Ecclesiastes
• Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

These are all very good, and they provide great insight on the Bible and life.

As for my single favorite message–that’s easy: Eat, Drink, & Be Merry. Jim’s sermon is excellent.