This article analyzes the presuppositions of those who would in effect construe the book of Ecclesiastes as a biblical failure and the author as not really sharing biblical faith. A positive exposition of Qoheleth's theology is offered along the following lines: his view on fearing God, and on the activity and work of God.
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