Determinism in the Book of EcclesiastesA&C Black, 2001 M09 1 - 234 pages Is the author of Ecclesisastes a determinist? Many readers, from the Targumist and Ibn Ezra up to the present day, have thought so. But there has been no systematic investigation of Qoheleth's determinism, its nature and extent, its relationship to free will and its philosophical background. In separate chapters, Rudman discusses key terms and texts that express a deterministic worldview, then explores the sources for Qoheleth's thought. He concludes that the author was a sage writing in the third quarter of the third century BCE, who was profoundly influenced by Stoic ideas. |
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... , 1951-52 ) Diogenes Laertius Encyclopedia Judaica Eretz Israel Erlsr EstBib HAR HAT HB Estudios Biblicos Hebrew Annual Review Handbuch zum Alten Testament Hebrew Bible Hdt НКАТ HR HS HTR HUCA ICC JAOS JB JBL Abbreviations.
... , 1951-52 ) Diogenes Laertius Encyclopedia Judaica Eretz Israel Erlsr EstBib HAR HAT HB Estudios Biblicos Hebrew Annual Review Handbuch zum Alten Testament Hebrew Bible Hdt НКАТ HR HS HTR HUCA ICC JAOS JB JBL Abbreviations.
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... Israel in Jerusalem ' . Only two kings ( David and Solomon ) are noted to have ruled Israel from Jerusalem . Thereafter , the northern tribes broke away from the union , leaving Jerusalem the capital of Judah ( 1 Kgs 12.16-20 ) and ...
... Israel in Jerusalem ' . Only two kings ( David and Solomon ) are noted to have ruled Israel from Jerusalem . Thereafter , the northern tribes broke away from the union , leaving Jerusalem the capital of Judah ( 1 Kgs 12.16-20 ) and ...
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... Israel's most famous king.3 Although the seventeenth - century scholar Grotius is sometimes noted as being the first to suggest the unlikelihood of Solomonic authorship for Ecclesiastes , this distinction in fact belongs to Luther . The ...
... Israel's most famous king.3 Although the seventeenth - century scholar Grotius is sometimes noted as being the first to suggest the unlikelihood of Solomonic authorship for Ecclesiastes , this distinction in fact belongs to Luther . The ...
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... Israel , all dating to the fifth century and later'.20 While it is true that the economy of the Persian Empire was to some extent based on the use of coinage , the economic documents that Seow adduces as evidence of this fact show that ...
... Israel , all dating to the fifth century and later'.20 While it is true that the economy of the Persian Empire was to some extent based on the use of coinage , the economic documents that Seow adduces as evidence of this fact show that ...
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... Israel may be found in W. McKane , Proverbs ( OTL ; London : SCM Press , 1970 ) , pp . 51-208 ; R.J. Williams , ' The Sages of Ancient Egypt in the Light of Recent Scholarship ' , JAOS 101 ( 1981 ) , pp . 1-19 . 57 benefits in the face ...
... Israel may be found in W. McKane , Proverbs ( OTL ; London : SCM Press , 1970 ) , pp . 51-208 ; R.J. Williams , ' The Sages of Ancient Egypt in the Light of Recent Scholarship ' , JAOS 101 ( 1981 ) , pp . 1-19 . 57 benefits in the face ...
Contents
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THE DETERMINATION OF THE COSMOS AND HUMANITY IN ECCLESIASTES 138 | 70 |
A REREADING OF ECCLESIASTES 3115 | 83 |
THE DIVINE DETERMINATION OF EMOTION IN ECCLESIASTES | 99 |
QOHELETH AND HUMAN JOY | 126 |
Chapter 7 QOHELETH AND THE PROBLEM OF FREE WILL | 144 |
Chapter 8 DETERMINISM IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE | 160 |
Chapter 9 QOHELETH AND STOIC DETERMINISM | 173 |
Chapter 10 CONCLUSION | 200 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Index of References | 214 |
Index of Modern Authors | 224 |
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activity apocalyptic apocalyptic literature appears appointed Aramaic Ben Sira Biblical Blenkinsopp book of Daniel book of Ecclesiastes Chapter Chrysippus clause Cleanthes concept context Crenshaw dating of Ecclesiastes death deity Delitzsch determinism deterministic deterministic worldview divine Eccl Ecclesiastes NCBC elsewhere evidence evil example existence expression fact fate Gammie gift Glasser God's Gordis Greek Hebrew Bible Hellenistic period Hengel Heraclitus Hertzberg human action human free humankind iastes idea individual interpretation Israel Jewish Judaism and Hellenism judgment king L'Ecclésiaste labour logos Lohfink meaning MT's Murphy NCBC noun occurs one's parallel passage Persian period Peshitta philosophy phrase pleasure Plumptre Podechard portion Prediger problem Qoheleth Qoheleth's deterministic Qoheleth's statement Qoheleth's thought refers righteous Royal Experiment sense Seow Sira speak Stoic Stoicism Stoicism and Anti-Stoicism suggests things toil translation understanding usage verb verse Vulgate Whybray wicked wickedness wisdom wise woman Yahweh האלהים מעשה תחת