Qoheleth

The Psalms and Qoheleth as well as Christ's warnings and the Apostles 'betrayals leave no doubt that unbelief about God's control of human history is an equal and chronic temptation for the antique and the modern.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

The Psalms and Qoheleth as well as Christ's warnings and the Apostles 'betrayals leave no doubt that unbelief about God's control of human history is an equal and chronic temptation for the antique and the modern.

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I think Qoheleth was exactly right when he wrote that all is vanity.

Inclusivity and the Bible James F. McGrath 2009

There was always something about Qoheleth that I couldn't pinpoint, but now I know what it is--he was emotionless!

Emotionless Ecclesiastes James F. McGrath 2009

The characters that illustrated what wisdom is like were highly diverse, from the lonely journey through despair for Qoheleth in the book of Ecclesiastes, through to the argumentative Job, challenging his innocent suffering and the advice of conventional wisdom.

What is Human Wisdom?: An Interrogation of Posthuman Futures in Transhuman Evolutionary Discourse By Celia Deane-Drummond William Harryman 2009

Ecclesiastes, or Qoheleth, as the book is called in the Hebrew

Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen

Again, what Qoheleth says of himself and his wisdom in xii, 9 sqq., cannot sound strange if it comes from Solomon, especially since in this passage he makes the fear of the Lord the essence of wisdom.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The colours with which Qoheleth paints these evils are indeed glaring, but they naturally flow from the poetical-oratorical style of his book and from his inward agitation, which likewise gives rise to the hyperbolical language in the Book of Job and in certain psalms.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Qoheleth appears to be now a sceptic, now a stoic, now an epicurean; but these traces of Hellenism, if existing at all, are nothing more than remote resemblances too weak to serve as arguments.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

(Masorahtext des Qoheleth, Leipzig, 1890) maintains, in opposition to him, that books had not at that early date taken the place of rolls.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913