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A New Commentary on Holy Scripture Including the Apocrypha was written by a variety of respected Anglican scholars and edited by Charles Gore, H. L. Goudge, and Alfred Guillaume. Created in the spirit of progressive criticism, this commentary posits conclusions that differ widely from the accepted views of the day. The scholars dedicated to this work believed that the Apocrypha was extremely...

By S. N. SEDGWICK The title ‘Ecclesiastes’ is from the LXX, and represents the nearest term the translators of that version could find to the Hebrew Qoheleth, a difficult word occurring nowhere else in Old Testament literature (a feminine part of the Qal. conj.). Its most probable meaning is ‘one who convenes an assembly,’ or ‘one who holds office as teacher or lecturer.’ Hence the not very happy ‘Preacher’ of AV.
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