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The Futility of All Activity
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The words of Kohelethson of David, king in Jerusalem. Utter futility!—said Koheleth— Utter futility! All is futile! What real value is there for a man In all the gainshe makes beneath the sun?…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Philosophy, Ecology

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
A Proper Time for Everything
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A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven: A time for being born and a time for dying, A time for planting and a time for uprooting the planted; A time for slaying…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Philosophy, Time, Monotheism, Death

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Koheleth’s Attempts to Find Meaning in Life
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I, Koheleth, was king in Jerusalem over Israel. I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun.—An unhappy business, that, which God gave men to be…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Monarchy, Death, Economic life, Philosophy

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature
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