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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... ( Eccl . 2.6 ; Sir . 24.30-31 ) . While no archaeo- logical evidence of such practices exist for Palestine in the Persian period , one finds at Adullam in Judaea in the Hellenistic period artificial 37. V. Tcherikover , Hellenistic ...
... ( Eccl . 2.6 ; Sir . 24.30-31 ) . While no archaeo- logical evidence of such practices exist for Palestine in the Persian period , one finds at Adullam in Judaea in the Hellenistic period artificial 37. V. Tcherikover , Hellenistic ...
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... ( Eccl . 2.6 ) .43 3. Society The book of Ecclesiastes tells us much about the nature of society when Qoheleth was writing . It was apparently a time of frenetic commercial activity ( 2.4-9 ; 4.4 , 8 ; 11.1-2 ) . But it was also a time ...
... ( Eccl . 2.6 ) .43 3. Society The book of Ecclesiastes tells us much about the nature of society when Qoheleth was writing . It was apparently a time of frenetic commercial activity ( 2.4-9 ; 4.4 , 8 ; 11.1-2 ) . But it was also a time ...
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... ( Eccl . 1.3 , cf. 3.9 ) . The double entendre behind Qoheleth's recurrent use of √ ( ' to occupy ' , ' to afflict ' ) in such statements as ' I have seen the business / affliction which God has ראיתי את הענין אשרי נתן ) given men to be ...
... ( Eccl . 1.3 , cf. 3.9 ) . The double entendre behind Qoheleth's recurrent use of √ ( ' to occupy ' , ' to afflict ' ) in such statements as ' I have seen the business / affliction which God has ראיתי את הענין אשרי נתן ) given men to be ...
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... Eccl . 9.7-10 and the speech of Siduri the barmaid to Gilga- mesh in the Old Babylonian version of this saga ( Tablet 10.3 [ ANET , p . 90 ] ) . 52 Affinities have also been noted with other Mesopotamian texts such as the ludlul bel ...
... Eccl . 9.7-10 and the speech of Siduri the barmaid to Gilga- mesh in the Old Babylonian version of this saga ( Tablet 10.3 [ ANET , p . 90 ] ) . 52 Affinities have also been noted with other Mesopotamian texts such as the ludlul bel ...
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... Eccl . 9.7-9 and the Epic of Gilgamesh ) .54 It would be surprising if this were not the case , however . The question is , can a Semitic background account convincingly for all of Qoheleth's thought ? 2. Egypt Parallels also exist ...
... Eccl . 9.7-9 and the Epic of Gilgamesh ) .54 It would be surprising if this were not the case , however . The question is , can a Semitic background account convincingly for all of Qoheleth's thought ? 2. Egypt Parallels also exist ...
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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