In Ecclesiastes, עוֹלָם is always written plene except for here in 3:11 (and 1:10, which is plural). This makes me favour Fox’s theory. Ecclesiastes is the most literal (aiming at one-to-one correspondence) of all the books in the “Septuagint,” so it is not surprising that in Ecclesiastes, עוֹלָם always becomes αἰών and αἰών always is a translation of עוֹלָם. Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Religious Studies 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada (902)867-2265 kpenner AT stfx.ca From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Leake I'm interested that 'eternity' is said to be the 'traditional' interpretation. That's the LXX's position, certainly (αἰῶνα), but the Vulgate (mundum) and Rashi (and I see the JPS translation) all go for 'world' which indeed gives much more satisfactory parallelism (את הכל עשה || את העלם נתן). Just a observation. John Leake
ان صاحب حياة هانئة لا يدونها انما يحياها He who has a comfortable life doesn't write about it - he lives it ----------------------------------
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