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'''Ecclesiastes''' is the twenty-first book of the Protestant Bible. It is classified, with Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon, as part of the "wisdom literature." It is particularly admired as a model of clear and eloquent prose.  

'''Ecclesiastes''' is the twenty-first book of the [[Protestant]] [[Bible]]. It is classified, with [[Job]], [[Psalms]], [[Proverbs]], and the [[Song of Solomon]], as part of the "wisdom literature." It is particularly admired as a model of clear and eloquent prose.  

Many phrases and passages in it are famous: "to eat, and to drink, and to be merry," "there is no new thing under the sun," "the [[race]] is not to the swift." The title of [[Marcel Proust|Proust]]'s novel ''Remembrance of Things Past,'' [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]]'s "The Sun Also Rises," and [[George Stewart]]'s ''Earth Abides,'' are all phrases from Ecclesiastes. Folksinger [[Pete Singer]] made a passage from it into the song "Turn, Turn, Turn" which, when recorded by The Byrds, was a #1 hit in the United States in 1965.

Many phrases and passages in it are famous: "to eat, and to drink, and to be merry," "there is no new thing under the sun," "the [[race]] is not to the swift." The title of [[Marcel Proust|Proust]]'s novel ''Remembrance of Things Past,'' [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]]'s "The Sun Also Rises," and [[George Stewart]]'s ''Earth Abides,'' are all phrases from Ecclesiastes. Folksinger [[Pete Singer]] made a passage from it into the song "Turn, Turn, Turn" which, when recorded by The Byrds, was a #1 hit in the United States in 1965.

''Ecclesiastes'' should not be confused with ''Ecclesiasticus,'' which a completely different book of the Bible. ''Ecclesiasticus'' is found in the Catholic Douay bible; in Protestant bibles it is either omitted or included as one of the ''apocrypha,'' material considered valuable but not having the full authority of Scripture.

''Ecclesiastes'' should not be confused with ''Ecclesiasticus,'' which a completely different book of the Bible. ''Ecclesiasticus'' is found in the Catholic Douay bible; in Protestant bibles it is either omitted or included as one of the ''apocrypha,'' material considered valuable but not having the full authority of Scripture.

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