Transcription of ECCLESIASTES - Classic Bible Study Guide
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ECCLESIASTES A2 Classic Bible Study Guide 1 ECCLESIASTES ECCLESIASTES A2 Classic Bible Study Guide 2 INTRODUCTION The Book of ECCLESIASTES gives every evidence of being a carefully composed literary essay that must be grasped as a totality before it can be understood in part. The content of the book is defined by nearly identical verses (1:2; 12:8), which circumscribe the book by anticipating and by summarizing the conclusions of the author. The theme is set forth in 1:3: "What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun [that is, in this life]?" Or, can true wisdom be found by a human being apart from revelation from God?
So industrious was Solomon to improve himself in knowledge that he gained instruction both by the wisdom of prudent men and by the madness of foolish men, by the field of the slothful, as well as of the diligent. He tells us what was the result of this trial, ...
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