Author - Daniel Estes

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Daniel Estes serves at distinguished professor of Old Testament at Cedarville University. He received his BA in Bible and English from Cedarville, his ThM in Old Testament exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary, and his PhD in biblical exegesis from Cambridge University. He has written several commentaries and monographs and numerous articles on Old Testament wisdom and the Psalms. He has also served for ten years in pastoral ministry.

An illustration of an open Bible in one circle with a swirling mist in the other symbolizing hevel as breath or vapor; just one of the meanings of vanity in the Bible.

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Biblical Studies

What Is the Meaning of “Vanity” in Ecclesiastes?

Daniel EstesJune 24, 2025

Even people unfamiliar with the Bible have heard the expression Vanity of vanities; all is vanity, the exclamation that frames the book of Ecclesiastes in the KJV. But when we examine the evidence carefully, we learn that hevel in Ecclesiastes can...

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