To Catch Hold of a Breath, with Rev. Dr. Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford: Eccl. 1:2

<p>Rev. Dr. Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford is Emerita Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Mercer University. She is the Old Testament editor for the <em>Word Biblical Commentary Series</em>, and she has published, <a href= "https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPsalms-Books-4-5-Wisdom-Commentary%2Fdp%2F0814681212%2Fref%3Dsr_1_5%3Fqid%3D1667249933%26refinements%3Dp_27%253ANancy%2BL.%2BdeClaisse-Walford%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-5%26text%3DNancy%2BL.%2BdeClaisse-Walford&data=05%7C01%7Crebecca.a.larson%40wheaton.edu%7C1ea51cc6934b42c03a6d08dae42d4c7e%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638073180458741236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zvsMl9dVAqrpZyuDaVg4MEUlwPoWjmiNntaWJf7YqTM%3D&reserved=0"> <em>Psalms, Books 4–5</em> (Volume 22) (Wisdom Commentary Series)</a>, among other things. Today’s topic: The KJV’s translation of the Hebrew phrase behind Ecclesiastes 1:2 was “vanity of vanities,” a wording that derived from Jerome’s much earlier Latin translation, and it’s a wording that has stuck. But what is the actual idea and how else can it be translated?</p>