ek kle'ze as'teez, the title by which the Septuagint translators rendered the Hebrew Koheleth (the gatherer of the people), a symbolic name explained by the design of the book and the dramatic position occupied by Solomon in it; one of the canonical books of the Old Testament. According to Jewish tradition it was written by Solomon; but the best modern criticism has decided that its style and language, no less than its thought, belong to a much later date.