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In this volume, Doug Miller respects the pastoral and theological contribution of Ecclesiastes, without muting its critique of simplistic and comfortable approaches to the life of faith. It is particularly useful for Christians who need a fresh look at the insights of this ancient sage in an era of uncertain identity, the flux of worldviews, and the elusiveness of truth.

Unfortunately, the meaning eternity, something that transcends the present, still involves interpretive controversy. Some suggest this indicates the human yearning for the “big picture” (a sense of past and future, NRSV), or a consciousness of that which is eternal, or possibly the afterlife. Perhaps the first of these best fits the remainder of verse 11. Qohelet is saying that God is responsible for both time and eternity, and the human being is caught in the tension between the two. The phrase
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