Academic Research Journal of History and Culture 

Vol. 2(2), pp. 8-12, June, 2016.

ISSN: 2437-2196

DOI: 10.14662/ARJHC2016.003

Research Paper

KOHELET�S ANSWERS

 

Matthew Schwartz

 

Departments of History and Languages, Wayne State University. E-mail: ad7943@gmail.com

 

Accepted 21 June 2016

Abstract

 

Ecclesiastes is a book, pithy and profound, and poetic as well.  This essay will focus on some of  Kohelet�s ideas in six main categories � 1. �I Have Seen,� 2. Hevel, 3. Nature, 4. Overcoming Disappointment, 5.The Song of Times, 6. Stages of Life.  He has much in common with many great thinkers throughout history, but arrives at ideas and answers that are deeply unique and both practical and spiritual. He rejects many of the solutions to human dilemmas that others have offered whether at individual or communal levels, e.g. communism, asceticism and drunkenness

 

Keywords: asceticism, Ecclesiastes, hevel,  history, Kohelet, Nature, pleasure, Solomon, Song of Times, under the sun, vanity.    
 

Cite This Article As: Schwartz M (2016). KOHELET�S ANSWERS. Acad. Res. J. Hist. Cult. 2(2): 8-12

 

 

 

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