Koheleth, Canonical Clinician

Abstract
IN the Holy Bible there are countless descriptions of men's souls. This is to be expected in the Holy Writ. It is interesting, therefore, to encounter in these writings a passage devoted to a careful case description of physical illness.In the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament a remarkable exposition is set forth concerning the rigors of the aging process. Exhibiting keen awareness of the symptoms involved, the ancient Biblical writer has fashioned a poetic description of the inevitable toll of old age that reads as follows:Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, . . .
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