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- Title: Septuagint: Ecclesiastes
- Author : Scriptural Research Institute
- Release Date : January 02, 2020
- Genre: Bible Studies,Books,Religion & Spirituality,Judaism,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 211 KB
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The book of Ecclesiastes is generally attributed to King Solomon, however, he is not mentioned anywhere by name. The book mostly attributed to someone called the 'Ecclêsiastou' (Ἐκκλησιαστοῦ) in Greek, a translation of Kohelet (קהלת) from Hebrew, which translates as 'assembler.' The term Ecclêsiastou is virtually the same as the later term Ecclêsiastês (Ἐκκλησιαστής) used in the new testament, which is translated as 'apostle,' and this seems to be the intent of the author, to be an apostle to all that is 'under the Sun,' and therefore that term is used in this translation. The author repeatedly refers to returning to the Earth in the expression "I returned and saw under the Sun..." implying that this text, like others from the time, started as a description of the author's voyage to heaven, however, he or she seems to have become depressed after returning, and constantly refers to life on Earth as pointless.
The current view of the academic community is to regard the text as a Persian or Greek era text, something that dates to long after the time of Solomon. There is no consensus among academics as to whether it is a Persian or Greek era text, and views are largely biased by the researcher's view of the test, and whether it looks like it is more influenced by Plato or Zoroastrianism to that specific researcher. In all fairness, the text's constant references to the dichotomy of light and darkness is similar to some of Plato's work, as well as the central conflict within Zoroastrianism of light versus darkness, however, the constant mentioning of 'everything under the Sun' could equally point to an Egyptian influence of Amen-Ra worshippers, Atum devotees, or even Atenists. Moreover, the philosophical view of the texts, in which the toil of this life is seen as insignificant in comparison to the life in heaven, is far more in tune with Egyptian New-Kingdom era philosophy than Greek or Persian philosophy, indicating that the text may well date back to the time of Solomon.
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