Old Testament · Poetry & Wisdom
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes looks straight at how brief and puzzling life is under the sun, refusing easy comfort. It ends by returning to fear God and keep his commandments.
- Authorship
- Written by the Preacher, identified as a son of David in Jerusalem.
- Historical setting
- Reflection from within Israel's monarchy.
- Key themes
- Vanity and brevity · Work and pleasure · Death · Fear God
- Where it sits in the story
- Scripture's honest voice about limits, which keeps wisdom from becoming a formula.
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