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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... find grecisms in Ben Sira or Hebrew texts from Qumran . In contrast to the author ( s ) of Daniel , Qoheleth does not seek to create an ' exotic ' foreign atmosphere in his work . That is not to deny the possibility of foreign influence ...
... find grecisms in Ben Sira or Hebrew texts from Qumran . In contrast to the author ( s ) of Daniel , Qoheleth does not seek to create an ' exotic ' foreign atmosphere in his work . That is not to deny the possibility of foreign influence ...
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... find in the Hellenistic period is also one in which these conditions occurred . Whereas very little is known for sure about the socioeconomic situation in Palestine during the later Persian period to which Ecclesiastes has been dated by ...
... find in the Hellenistic period is also one in which these conditions occurred . Whereas very little is known for sure about the socioeconomic situation in Palestine during the later Persian period to which Ecclesiastes has been dated by ...
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... find elsewhere in the Heb- rew Bible.50 Indeed , this fact was recognized at a very early stage . In Midrash Rabbah , we read : ' The sages sought to suppress the book of Qoheleth because they found in it words of heresy ' ( Midr . Qoh ...
... find elsewhere in the Heb- rew Bible.50 Indeed , this fact was recognized at a very early stage . In Midrash Rabbah , we read : ' The sages sought to suppress the book of Qoheleth because they found in it words of heresy ' ( Midr . Qoh ...
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... find pleasure . The thought of 9.12 has been considered to some extent in the con- text of Qoheleth's usage of the phrase in 9.11 , but it is worth recapitulating briefly the ideas contained in this passage . The text of 9.12 may be ...
... find pleasure . The thought of 9.12 has been considered to some extent in the con- text of Qoheleth's usage of the phrase in 9.11 , but it is worth recapitulating briefly the ideas contained in this passage . The text of 9.12 may be ...
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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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