Ecclesiastes: Proverbs And Before Song Of Solomon

Ecclesiastes is a book often overlooked in the Old Testament, it is located after the book of Proverbs and before Song of Solomon. It is a book with numerous life lessons and wisdom. Ecclesiastes is an important book and worthy of its position in the Old Testament Canon, because it emphasizes that our lives are uncertain and one day we will perish and be criticized by God. It informs us how weak human effort is and that everyone does wrong things against God, it shows us that we wish upon the wrong things in life. For example, we desire, pleasure and wealth, something that will never really fascinate us. We trust in things that does not benefit us showing our lack of trusting in God. The book explains why good people suffer, which is the result of the state of the world, same things occur in the world whether it is good or bad …show more content…
The book of Ecclesiastes, is about wisdom, and we know that the people of Israel were studying wisdom carefully during the reign of King Solomon. Solomon’s name is never mentioned throughout the entire book of Ecclesiastes, but many believe that he is the author. Ecclesiastes does not mention Solomon’s name, but it does describes his work in Jerusalem (Ecclesiastes 2:4-9). It seems clear that the teacher in Ecclesiastes defines Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:1). But, that does not mean that Solomon was the author of Ecclesiastes. Also, 1 Kings chapter 11 explains that Solomon was not loyal to God towards the end of his life. However, the author of Ecclesiastes was teaching people to be loyal to God. The Book of Ecclesiastes does not identify its author. There are quite a few verses that imply Solomon wrote this book. There are some clues in the text that may suggest a different person wrote the book after Solomon’s death, possibly several hundred years later. Still, the conventional belief is that the author is