If this book is inspired, why isn’t it quoted in the NT? PROBLEM: The NT writers quote the vast majority of the OT from Genesis to Malachi. There are literally hundreds of citations from every major section of the OT. Yet, the Book of Ecclesiastes is not quoted once. If it was inspired, then why is... [ Continue Reading ]
How can this book be part of the Scriptures since it contains such skepticism? PROBLEM: Several statements that Solomon makes throughout this book indicate a skepticism that seems contrary to the Bible as a whole. In Ecclesiastes 9:5 Solomon says, “For the living know that they will die; but the de... [ Continue Reading ]
Isn’t it false to claim there is nothing new under the sun? PROBLEM: Solomon declared here that “there is nothing new under the sun.” But not only is this contrary to science and human history, but it is opposed by other verses of Scripture (cf. Isaiah 43:19; Jeremiah 31:22) where God says He will... [ Continue Reading ]
Is wisdom the source of happiness, or the means of sorrow? PROBLEM: Solomon affirms here that “in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” However, Proverbs asserts that “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding” (Proverbs 3:13). Doe... [ Continue Reading ]