Monday, October 28, 2013

שלמה's Father Figure

I was trying to find out what different people online say about the cycles of nature and the way קהלת views them, and I came across a very interesting idea that I thought I'd share.
We've said from the beginning that שלמה was the one who wrote/compiled ספר קהלת, and it seems to be a pretty established fact now. Going on that premise, we know that שלמה's father דוד המלך had died when שלמה was very young, making him king,
Is it possible that the way he acted could have stemmed from שלמה's lack of a father figure? Especially if we say that all of the speakers are different stages that שלמה went through, and that without the guidance of a personal, familiar male role model (rather than just the political and religious advisers who helped him with politics and religion) who could help him figure out what he wanted from his life, It's very likely that שלמה could have lived like that (trying out several different ways of finding meaning in life) to try and figure it out for himself.
Just a thought...

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