that provoke reflection and frustration on the part of his readers. He shows where the path will lead if one attempts to answer such ultimate questions from the limited perspective of human experience and sets in clear relief the tension that often exists between the way we experience the world and what special revelation tells us about how things work. Qoheleth asks if life has meaning when it is just part of the wearisome cycle of nature, like the rising and setting of the sun. This relief from