Ecclesiastes (Kidner)

Question 1

What is the 1st interpretation of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 1

Qoheleth’s debate with himself

Question 2

What is the 2nd interpretation of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 2

The book as Qoheleth’s challenge to the secularist

Question 3

What is the subject matter of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 3

1. ) Truths about God

2. ) Truths about Life

Question 4

What are the truths about God in Ecclesiastes?

Answer 4

1. ) Creator
2. ) Disposer
3. ) Unsearchable
4. ) Judge of All
5. ) To be reverenced

Question 5

What are the truths about life in Ecclesiastes?

Answer 5

1. ) Pointers to Despair
   a. ) the ceaseless round
   b. ) the fruitless search
   c. ) the elusive pattern
   d. ) the unmanageable: misrule, mischance, death
2. ) Mitigations
   a. ) simple joys
   b. ) common sense
   c. ) enterprise
3. ) The Point of Rest
   a. ) God, whose serve is man’s whose judgement leaves nothing without meaning

Question 6

Who is the date and author of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 6

Qoheleth ; 350, 250 BC