3: my question
• March 14, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Alexander the Great, all is vanity, Amitai Gross, anattaor anatman, anitya, ataraxia, Biblical Criticism, biblical interpretation, Book of Ecclesiastes, Buddhism, Christianity, Daphne Merkin, Dark Ages, Democritus, dharma, Dr. Billy Graham, dukkha, Ecclesiastes, enjoy the good of all his labor, Epicrueanism, Exegesis, Greek, Greek philosophy, India, Judaism, King James Version, Midrashim, nirvana, Philip Blackburn, Pyrrho of Elea, Qohelet, R. N. Whybray, Reverend J. Ligon Duncan, Roman, Septuagint, Sir William Jones, Solomon, St. Jerome, Stoicism, Thomas McEvilley, Translation, Vanity of vanities, vexation of the spirit, Vulgate, Zora Neale Hurston
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2: the book of ecclesiastes—a walking tour
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reading Ecclesiastes through the kaleidoscope of time & belief 
