Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

James:
Ecclesiastes also tells us that everything is “hebele” futility.

While I have had disappointments in life, life has been anything but
futility.

Some claim that this was written late in life, when Solomon was in his
apostasy. I see no reason to disagree. As such it is included in Tanakh to
show the futility of life without God, not as a trustworthy guide to true
understanding of God’s ways. And that will include what will happen in $)WL.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

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> Ecclesiastes tells us that there is no work or play in $)WL.
>
>  All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no
> work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She´ol, the place to which you
> are going. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
>
> The idea, to me, seems to be a place of complete inactivity. A common
> grave/resting place for all mankind.
>
> James Christian
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