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noun - an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life
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ECCLESIASTES - Ecclesiastes (; Greek: , Ekklsiasts, Hebrew: , qhele) is one of 24 books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim...
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| One of the "wisdom" books of the Old Testament |
| You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book |
| The other 5 categories on the board all take their titles from chapter 3 of this book |
| This Old Testament book opens "The words of the preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem" |
| This book talks about "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace" |
| Tradition says that King Solomon wrote this book of the Old Testament containing essays on life |
| The saying "There is nothing new under the sun" is a variation of a proverb in this Old Testament book |
| Alphabetically, it's the first book of the Bible that starts with the letter "E" |
| "There is no new thing under the sun", at least according to this 21st book of the Old Testament |
| "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong", says chapter 9 of this book of the Bible |
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Ecclesiastes (; Greek: , Ekklsiasts, Hebrew: , qhele) is one of 24 books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim (or "Writings"). Originally written c. 450-200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom Books in the Old Testament of most denominations of Christianity. The title Ecclesiastes is a Latin transliteration of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Kohelet, the pseudonym used by the author of the book. * In traditional Jewish texts, King Solomon is named as the author, although modern scholars reject this. Textually, the book is the musings of a King of Jerusalem as he relates his experiences and draws lessons from them, often self-critical. The author, introducing himself as the son of David, discusses the meaning of life and the best way to live. He proclaims all the actions of man to be inherently hevel, meaning "vain" or "futile", ("mere breath"), as both the wise and the foolish end their lives in death. Kohelet clearly endorses wisdom as |