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Who Knows What is Good?: A Commentary of the Books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes is unavailable, but you can change that!

The “wise” of ancient Israel were concerned primarily with the nature of goodness and the character of faith: What is “good” for humankind, and how should they live their brief lives on earth? Although the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are generally regarded as two distinctly different types of works, Kathleen A. Farmer demonstrates that they belong together, each to be read in the light of...

out to discover (in 2:3), and this is the question which closes the discussion in 6:12. Qohelet spends the better part of six chapters considering the types of “goods” people work hardest to attain. Some people work hardest to attain wisdom, some to attain power, some to accumulate possessions, and some in the hope that they will make a mark upon the future. Qohelet challenges his audience to think, first of all, about what they really gain from their work. Does there have to be something tangible
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