Reading Questions 6

Required readings: Ecclesiastes (Bible)

1. What does the book of Ecclesiastes say about the person who this instruction is attributed to?
2. Eccles 1:2 in some translations reads, “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” The writer then goes on to illustrate this concept in the rest of the introduction (Eccles 1:2-11). What do you think that this line means?
3. What does the writer seem to decide about wisdom in chapter 2?
4. Do you think that the writer ultimately decides that wisdom is worth pursuing, or not? Why? (Consider especially chapters 7 and 9)
5. What does the writer conclude at the end of this text? (ch 12)