In the language of the teacher, we want everyone else’s season—a time to weep, a time to break down, a time to tear, a time ...

But as he entered his eighth decade, the Book of Ecclesiastes took on new meaning for him. THE OWL, a symbol of wisdom, in Avner Moriah's illustrations of the Book of Ecclesiastes. (credit ...

As a scholar of Ecclesiastes, I tend to refer to the book by its Hebrew title, which comes from the name of its purported speaker and author, Qoheleth, and means something like “assembler,” “teacher,” ...

The five Old Testament books dealt with in this volume of the Commentary occupied a special place in Hebrew tradition as selected readings for major festivals and were accordingly brought together in ...