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  • proper noun Abbreviation of Ecclesiastes.

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  • "Eccl." 878; ib. 929, {egkhousa mallon kai to son psimuthion}: ib.

    The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • For starters, it indicates the simple truth expressed long ago by the author of Ecclesiastes: "Nothing is new under the sun" (Eccl. 1: 9).

    Bizarre 2009

  • The verse describes the heavens that were created by God for Israel, and it was Shiphrah who returned Israel to their Father in heaven (Eccl. Rabbah 7: 3; Ex. Rabbah 1: 13).

    Jochebed: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • An additional midrashic teaching lists a number of converts who became part of the families of Israelite leaders, for example: Joseph married Asenath, Joshua married Rahab, Boaz married Ruth, and Moses took the daughter of Hobab (= Jethro) (Eccl. Rabbah 8: 10: 1).

    Rahab: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • You are no doubt referring to Breishis Rabbah 9:7 without the yetzer hara one would not build a house, marry a spouse, give birth, or engage in commerce; and that is what Solomon meant Eccl. 4:4, 'all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor.'

    Good vs. Evil, Indignation vs. Indigestion James F. McGrath 2009

  • Thus, Joseph married Asenath, Joshua wed Rahab, Boaz took Ruth for a wife, and Moses married the daughter of Hobab (= Jethro) (Eccl. Rabbah 8: 10: 1).

    Asenath: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • The verse describes the heavens that were created by God for Israel, and it was Shiphrah who returned Israel to their Father in heaven (Eccl. Rabbah 7: 3; Ex. Rabbah 1: 13).

    Shiphrah: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • Eccl. somewhere : “…give each man what is due him.” or something like that.

    Order in Chaos - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • I doubt not, nevertheless, but there are ways to be found to assist our reason in this most useful part; and this the judicious Hooker encourages me to say, who in his Eccl. Pol.

    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

  • If children be proud, haughty, foolish, they defile the nobility of their kindred, Eccl. xxii, 8. 3665.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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