Do you think Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes?
Some say Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes. Others think there are perhaps two writers, perhaps Solomon and the “preacher” (Qoheleth). Yet others say Ecclesiastes was composed centuries after Solomon.
What is your opinion.
Comments appreciated.
Also, any thought on Ecclesiastes itself are welcome.
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Do you think Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes?
Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes either totally or almost totally. Votes: 15
Solomon and another (at the same time at a different times) wrote Ecclesiastes. Votes: 0
Someone or some people wrote Ecclesiastes, perhaps much later than Solomon’s time. Votes: 0
Other Votes: 0
Went with Solomon as most likely. But usually when I teach from Ecc., I just identify the writer the way the writer identified himself: Qoheleth, or “the teacher,” etc. So I usually try to avoid staking too much of the interp. on the identity of the writer … since this is not really revealed.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
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