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1. Fear God and Keep His Commandments: Canonical Context
(teaching/Canon Commentary)

The wisdom and Torah connection is one that is made at the very seams of the Hebrew Scriptures including the epilogue of Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth).  I am well aware that the opening sentence of this post ...

2. Enns' Ecclesiastes
(reading report/Recommendations)

Enns, Peter.  Ecclesiastes.  The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary.  Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011. This commentary arrived yesterday and I have already read the whole thing.  ...

3. What Is the Point of It All? (Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, Romans 8:18-25)
(sermons/2010 sermons)

Ecclesiastes 2:17-26 and Romans 8:18-25 show us that we are right to think that life is frustrating, meaningless, purposeless, pointless, or vanity -- a striving after wind.  At least, we are right when ...

4. Composition Complete
(teaching/Canon Commentary)

In my post, "The Scriptures: A Written Conversation" I noted the chiastic structure of the Writings (the third section of the OT canon) highlights Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) as the central book. I said, ...

5. The Scriptures: A Written Conversation
(teaching/Canon Commentary)

... are all accented as poetry for chanting in Hebrew.  The next five were chanted at festivals during the year: Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations, and Esther.  And then the last three ...

6. The Scriptures: A Written Conversation
(OT Writings Commentary/OT Writings Commentary)

... are all accented as poetry for chanting in Hebrew.  The next five were chanted at festivals during the year: Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations, and Esther.  And then the last three ...

7. Old and New Testament Torah, Prophets, & Writings
(teaching/Canon Commentary)

... Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi). Writings: Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles. New Testament ...