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The books of Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs belong to the category of writings typically termed “wisdom literature.” Biblical wisdom may be defined as the exposition of a fundamental order within the universe, and wisdom is to know and follow this order. The reality of life is that the affirmations of traditional wisdom often contradict the experience of the faithful. Bad things happen to...

NOTES 1:1 the Teacher. The Hebrew is Qoheleth (cf. NLT mg). This word is the participle of a verb that means “to assemble (a group).” The traditional translations of “the Teacher” or “the Preacher” derive from the idea that the group is either a classroom or a congregation. Indeed, the name of the book, Ecclesiastes, comes from a Gr. word that means “the Preacher.” In actuality, though, the use of Qoheleth as a name or title is intended to further the Solomonic fiction described in the Introduction
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