He does this repeatedly, prompting one great scholar of Ecclesiastes, Michael Fox, to write pithily, “Qohelet is crabby.” So what would crabby old Qoheleth have to say about COVID-19? Two aspects of ...

Thus Ecclesiastes 2:5’s “I made gardens and orchards for myself and planted them with every kind of fruit tree” is an allusion to the Garden of Eden, tilled by Adam.

Ecclesiastes, characterized by its pessimism and wrestling with human purpose, is not my default for inspiration. But this New Year, I’m drawing a certain peace from the book’s conclusion.

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).

The name Ecclesiastes is derived from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Qohelet. ... 5, Ed. 5:3, Babylonian Talmud Megilah 7a. BT Shabbat 30b. Pages 39 and 40. Page 52.