William R. D. Gibson

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

(SD) Q2 Qohelet believes you should enjoy your toil but never implies that you should do it to defy or take something from God #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

(SD) Q2 "role not ritual"---Similar to Qohelet's view that people have predestined roles---not ritual, God decides roles #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

(SD) Q1 "These days only he could see the rock" Gods punishment, consciousness, or wisdom? #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q2 Being a butterfly=old age, the butterfly can now find no delight now that the "days of evil" (12:1) have come #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q2 The caterpillar and Qohelet sought tenporary relief from sensory pleasures/found despair in fleeting beauty=human life for Qoh #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q1 Qohelet in ways is also tragic b/c his wisdom allows conciousness of the fate all humans face---death #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q1The last 2 lines "The Struggle....Sisyphus happy" seems to me to be the gain from toil Qohelet refers to #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q2 Enjoy your youth while it lasts, b/c all will decay to old age and to death. You will not find delight in old age #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q1 11:1-6 seem very similar to Qohelet's view that humanity really has no control over what happens so do not dwell on it #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

9:15 If there is no remembrance, how can anyone be recalled---both the wise poor man and the king should be forgotten #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

9:11 Where/what has Qohelet returned from with this knowledge? #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q4 9:15-9:16 Wisdom has value, it just has more value/really matters if you are rich and prestigious #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q3 9:8 God is playing favorites, granting good things in life to those in God's favor #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q5, 10:6-10:7 Qohelet: If you are a fool, enjoy your life being poor and without status in society/fools should have no power #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q2 8:8-8:9 Does it trouble Qohelet that he has no power over death, no option of symbolic immortality---to change "evil business" #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q2 7:13 vs 7:29 What has God made crooked if God made humanity upright? #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

Q3 7:11-7:13 Wisdom has monetary value, and Qohelet has benefited from this #SkepScrip

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

@SkepScrip Q4 Qohelet might affirm enjoying life through revelry and letting go of it when it's time, but not with life being beautiful

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

@SkepScrip Q3 The roses seemed like a character to me, always paired with desire. At the end they were paired with Lester's family

[William R. D. Gibson @will_gibson2019]

@SkepScrip Q2 Everyone will die, but feel joy for every beautiful moment in your life before it's gone