Ecclesiastes is the most philosophical book in the bible and one of the hardest books to understand in the Old Testament (OT). It is difficult because the approach to its interpretation is not intuitive. The narrator, who wrote the prologue and epilogue, is warning his son (12:12) against the danger of Qohelet’s (the sage who wrote the body of the book) skeptical wisdom. Qohelet is the Hebrew name for gatherer, which translated into Greek or Latin, is Ecclesiastes. Qohelet gathers the assembly from the community to share what he has learned from his journey through life. Because most do not understand what is happening in the book, it is probably the most inaccurately quoted book of the bible.Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the most philosophical book in the bible and one of the hardest books to understand in the Old Testament (OT). It is difficult because the approach to its interpretation is not intuitive. The narrator, who wrote the prologue and epilogue, is warning his son (12:12) against the danger of Qohelet’s (the sage who wrote the body of the book) skeptical wisdom. Qohelet is the Hebrew name for gatherer, which translated into Greek or Latin, is Ecclesiastes. Qohelet gathers the assembly from the community to share what he has learned from his journey through life. Because most do not understand what is happening in the book, it is probably the most inaccurately quoted book of the bible.