Episode 84: Philip Roth and Ecclesiastes

About this episode

Jake and Phil discuss Philip Roth's essay and the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Jake and Phil discuss Philip Roth's 1961 essay "Writing American Fiction" and the Qohelet, also known as the Book of Ecclesiastes The Manifesto: Philip Roth, "Writing American Fiction" https://www.commentary.org/articles/philip-roth/writing-american-fiction/ The Qohelet https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=KJV

People in this episode

Host: Jake

Guest: Phil

Topics covered

• Philip Roth
• Ecclesiastes
• American Fiction
• literary analysis
• philosophy

Keywords

• Philip Roth
• Writing American Fiction
• Ecclesiastes
• Qohelet
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Commentary, Bible Gateway

Books & works: Writing American Fiction, Book of Ecclesiastes

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