gnostek1 / 3Ecclesiastes 3 in the Leningrad Codex
- 01Rabbis at the Council of Jamnia, c. 90 CE, debated removing Ecclesiastes from the Hebrew Bible as heretical.
- 02The word 'hebel,' meaning vapor or breath, appears 38 times — it is the name of Abel, whom Cain killed.
- 03The final two verses, urging obedience to God, are considered by most scholars to be a later editorial addition.