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The poetic books have certain characteristics which set them apart from the other books of the Bible. First, these books are almost entirely written in Hebrew poetry. Second, they are not historically oriented. Except for the Book of Psalms, there are few historically allusions here. Third, these books deal with issues which are of universal concern to mankind. From the dawn of history human...

The ceaseless and purposeless motion in the world is tiresome to observers. The writer cannot even verbalize just how tiresome it all is. Wherever his eyes turn the same sad situation can be observed. Listen though he may to the instructions of professed teachers, man makes no real advance in knowledge of the mysteries in which he is caught up. No one can really explain why the world seems filled with such frantic, yet fruitless action (1:8). What has been asserted regarding
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