Trying and Tiring

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem  Ecclesiastes 1:1 JPS Koheleth – What do you know about the book of Ecclesiastes?  Did you assume it was written by Solomon (son of David)?  Do you know why it is so gloomy?  Did you know that the insertion of a positive ending is probably…

Truth and Fiction

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem  Ecclesiastes 1:1 JPS Words – I love the line from the movie The International where the old Communist officer, now a sage, says, “There is a difference between truth and fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.”  I don’t know who wrote that line for the…