Ecclesiastes
noun
Ec·cle·si·as·tes
i-ˌklē-zē-ˈa-(ˌ)stēz 
e-ˌklē-
: a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
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The couple explains that this is representative of Ecclesiastes 4:12.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 June 2025
Another manuscript, with verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, also dates older, Popović added.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
And Ecclesiastes was likely completed by an anonymous author in the third century BCE, rather than by King Solomon in the 10th century BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
Aspects of existentialism can also be found in much older sources revered in European intellectual traditions, such as the biblical books of Ecclesiastes and Job and the thinking of Greek Cynics such as Diogenes.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 June 2025
Members of the New York Philharmonic played Verdi and two grandchildren read from Ecclesiastes and Revelation.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
In the autumn of his life, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
Scheffler is a deeply religious man of Christian beliefs and the response smacked of Ecclesiastes.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 June 2025
Another manuscript, with verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, also dates older, Popović added.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
And Ecclesiastes was likely completed by an anonymous author in the third century BCE, rather than by King Solomon in the 10th century BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
Aspects of existentialism can also be found in much older sources revered in European intellectual traditions, such as the biblical books of Ecclesiastes and Job and the thinking of Greek Cynics such as Diogenes.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 June 2025
Members of the New York Philharmonic played Verdi and two grandchildren read from Ecclesiastes and Revelation.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
In the autumn of his life, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
Scheffler is a deeply religious man of Christian beliefs and the response smacked of Ecclesiastes.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Ecclesiastes
noun
Ec·cle·si·as·tes
ik-ˌlē-zē-ˈas-(ˌ)tēz
e-ˌklē-
: a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see bible
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