The Book of Kohelet is “best described as a cahier or notebook, into which the author jotted down his reflections…”

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…it is clear that the Book of Koheleth is not a debate, a dialogue, or a philosophical treatise.  It is best described as a cahier or notebook, into which the author jotted down his reflections during the enforced leisure of old age.  They differ in mood, in style, and in length.  … Its unity is not one of logical progression, but of mood and world-view.

Robert Gordis, Koheleth – The Man and His World: A Study of Ecclesiastes, 3rd ed. (Shocken Books: New York, 1968), 110.

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