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Ecclesiastes 12 is the twelfth (and the final) chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called 'Qoheleth' ("the Teacher"), composed probably between the 5th and 2nd centuries BCE. [3]
The Jerusalem Bible divides the book into two parts, part one comprising Ecclesiastes 1:4–6:12, part two consisting of chapters 7 to 12, each commencing with a separate prologue. [ 16 ] Few of the many attempts to uncover an underlying structure to Ecclesiastes have met with widespread acceptance; among them, the following is one of the more ...
The title quotes Ecclesiastes 12:13, in the King James Version of the Bible: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. [1] The consensus view of modern scholars attributes the book to Richard Allestree.
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