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This commentary seeks to answer questions on Qoheleth’s purpose and organization. It is easy for almost anyone to relate to some of the messages of the book, but it has no overall progression of concepts and is sometimes hard to view as a unified, cohesive work. Kruger’s analysis explains the contradictions inside Qoheleth and provides some direction for both professional commentators and...

1:2* Motto Translation 1 2 Futile and fleeting,a said Qoheleth, futile and fleeting! All (that) is futile. This “motto” in the form of a quotation of the “teaching” of Qoheleth is repeated almost exactly at the conclusion of the book in 12:8*.1 At the beginning of the book, it is highly ambiguous. First, it is unclear in what sense we are to understand the predicate הֶבֶל hebel, which is elevated to the superlative in the compound הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים hăbēl hăbālîm.2 The term הֶבֶל hebel can
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