Like Proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes belongs to the category of wisdom literature, a description of which was given by the present writer in CHRISTIANITY TODAY (Oct. 26, 1959).

We all know the famous line from the Book of Ecclesiastes, a.k.a. Kohelet: “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” But what if we don’t know the line as well as we think? What if it means ...

(Ecclesiastes 11:9-10) In my first semester of college as a classics major, I translated from Latin the opening passage of the ancient book of Ecclesiastes.

“To the making of many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh” said Ecclesiastes [Kohelet in Hebrew], traditionally believed to be King Solomon, sometime before his ...

At this point, it’s worth noting that Ecclesiastes is not the first book of the Bible, nor is it the last. If you haven’t read the previous Old Testament books, Ecclesiastes will remain a mystery.

Art about the Book of Ecclesiastes. Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered his eighth decade, ...

This Sukkot, a new book gives a daring – and beautiful – reassessment of Ecclesiastes In ‘Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living,’ Israeli philosopher Menachem Fisch and American ...