... In the Jewish tradition, Ecclesiastes is known by the Hebrew title of the primary voice of the book: Qoheleth. The Hebrew word Qoheleth, usually translated as “the Preacher” (RSVCE), is a rare and unusual word. It literally means “one who calls an assembly” and is a feminine active participle based on the word for “an assembly, a congregation” (Hebrew qahal). The Greek Septuagint translated the Hebrew Qoheleth literally, building a participle from the well-known Greek word “assembly” or “congregation” (Greek ekklēsia); from this we get the title Ekklēsiastēs, which is transliterated in the Latin Vulgate as Ecclesiastes, thus the English title of the book. ...