The End of the Game

A good name is better than good oil, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.  Ecclesiastes 7:1  NASB Day of one’s death – Qohelet (Koheleth, “the Teacher”) is an empirical pessimist.  That alone made the decision to place this work within the canon quite controversial.  It’s virtually impossible that the material was written by…