On a first pass through, Ecclesiastes can seem nihilistic. When Solomon advocates that a person “should eat and drink and ...

Like Proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes belongs to the category of wisdom literature, a description of which was given by the present writer in CHRISTIANITY TODAY (Oct. 26, 1959). The interested ...

As a biblical scholar, whenever I’ve been asked in recent days what scripture has to say in our present time of crisis, I have tended to refer people to the treasure trove of the Psalms, those prayers ...

The most disheartening tendency of theology is its imitation of Moses at Mt. Sinai, hurrying edicts from on high down to the poor sods below. Belittling at best, theology as such looks less like ...

Perhaps Shlomo distinguishes between advantage ( yitron) and purpose ( tachlit ). Advantage is relative, fragile, and not guaranteed to endure, while purpose, by contrast, is eternal, connected to ...