[343]. I designedly refer to the great work of Epictetus, as its adaptation by Christian hands to the use of Christian believers to some extent furnishes a parallel for the editorial adaptation of Ecclesiastes.
[344]. Delitzsch, Hoheslied u. Koheleth, p. 215.
[345]. For the Jewish traditions and theories, see further Schiffer, Das Buch Kohelet nach der Auffassung der Weisen des Talmud und Midrasch und der jüdischen Erklärer des Mittelalters, Theil 1, Leipzig, 1885; and to complete Dr. Ginsburg’s survey of the literature, see Zöckler’s list in Lange’s Commentary and the additions to this in the American edition; also the preface to Wright’s treatise on Ecclesiastes.
[346]. See Vaihinger’s article in Herzog’s Realencyclopädie, xii. 92-106. I have not seen his book on Ecclesiastes (1858).
[347]. Ginsburg, Coheleth, p. 168.
[348]. Ibid., p. 178.
[349]. Werke (Suphan), x. 134.
[350]. Shabbath, 97a (see Ginsburg, p. 98).
[351]. See his Urschrift und Uebersetzungen der Bibel (1857).
[352]. Jüdische Zeitschrift, iv. 9 &c.