Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It’s a challenging book to process, and if you want to make sense of any one part of Ecclesiastes, you have to read that part in light of the ...

“Song of Solomon (Song of songs). Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 – 1872) ZU_09/Getty Images ו שִׂימֵנִי כַחוֹתָם עַל-לִבֶּךָ, כַּחוֹתָם עַל-זְרוֹעֶךָ ...

A reader sent me a friendly note this week, chiding me for not writing more about the Bible and this article is the reply to that request. If asked what their favorite book of the Bible is, perhaps a ...

I have always wanted to see the look on Qoheleth’s face. An innovative thespian on a spiritual quest recently gave me that chance. A colleague from the theater department at my university had told me ...

Traditionally, Ecclesiastes is understood to be authored by King Solomon (1010-931 BC). Taking 1:1 at face value, these are the words of the “Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” Given the ...

Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered his eighth decade, the Book of Ecclesiastes took on new meaning for him.

In my first semester of college as a classics major, I translated from Latin the opening passage of the ancient book of Ecclesiastes. This wasn’t ever a book I came across in parochial school or ...

A wizened sage named Ecclesiastes tamed my youthful cynicism. Christians like to quiz each other about their favorite book in the Bible. Finding out how people experience Scripture—especially those ...