What book of the Old Testament does not mention the name God (or any deity) even once?
Actually, there are two that do not mention in an overt way the name of God or deity: Song of Solomon and the Book of Esther. These two books in the Hebrew arrangement of the Old Testament are the first and the last book of a section of five books on one scroll called the Megilloth (the Festival Scroll). These five books (Song, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther) were read in the Temple on, respectfully, Passover in early Spring, Pentecost (near the start of Summer), the 10th of Ab (the fifth Hebrew month at the anniversary of the destruction of both Solomon s Temple and Herod s Temple which occurs in high Summer), at Tabernacles which happens near the start of Autumn, and finally the Book of Esther is read a month before Passover at the festival of Purim in late Winter. Now note this. These two principal books that do not have God s name in them are associated with the late Winter and early Spring seasons when the pagans began their celebrations regarding the Sun and their natur
