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Ecclesiastes 'Like Job': Summary

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Ecclesiastes is an example of the wisdom literature. It is referred to as a skeptical wisdom due to examining how far Jewish philosophers had drifted from orthodox theology in the post-Exilic period (Tullock and McEntire, 2012). Like Job, it is a drawn-out treatment of a subject and must be interpreted as a whole. Ecclesiastes often challenges traditional wisdom teachings by focusing on the tensions of human existence. The book expresses the skeptical and pessimistic feelings of a man who had tried everything. In the end, he found nothing satisfying or meaningful in which to devote his life to (Tullock and McEntire, 2012). Ecclesiastes is also a fragment of the third division of the Hebrew canon known as the Writings. It is part of a distinct
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